I love this time of year in Colorado! The mountains glow in brilliant shades of orange and gold as the aspens change each fall. It's a full sensory experience when the wind whistles through their leaves and they twinkle in the sunlight. JP and I decided to get at least one hike in while the colors where at their peak. I have to say, that trail was quite the challenge! It was straight up the whole way, so I made many excuses to stop and take pictures as I tried to catch my breath along the way.... Enjoy the fall color!...

~ Johanna

* Looking up at the brilliant orange aspen leaves against a blue sky...

* The main road that we walked along before taking a side trail, straight up the mountain...

* JP stops at a gorgeous overlook near the tiny town of Eldora...

* Up up up the trail we go......

* A grove of glowing aspens captured my eye on one of my many breaks... Of course JP was way ahead of me....

* Look how their trunks twist and turn along the mountainside...

* Looking back across the tips of evergreen trees and afar to another mountainside gleaming in fall colors...

* Way way up there, JP stops to tighten his boot... I stop to slow down my heart!...

* Looking back at the progress we made..... whoowee!....

* After climbing 1,500 feet, I take a much needed break... :)