Rocky Mountain National Park!

 

Once again I am amazed at the awsome beauty that unfolded before me, grateful to God for allowing me to peek into His creation!  We will visit here again. Please enjoy Rocky Mountain National Park. 

 

 Jim jumping into Emerald Lake! Brrrrrr

 The Elk were out and about, watch out!

 The might Colorado River headwaters!

 Can you see the Marmot?

 Yep!

 Me and my new hiking boots. Our relationship is working out fine!

 Gem Lake.

 Stephen and Dad.

 Paul Bunyan's boot rock formation. Awsome!

 Marine buddies taking the hike to Gem Lake with us.

 

 Chickadee Cabin. Great sleep, fabulous sunrises!

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read and all the friends I want to see....

Flowers at Mt. Rainier

"...The most luxurious and most extravagantly beautiful of all the alpine gardens I ever beheld in all my mountain-top ramblings." John Muir (on Mt. Rainer's Meadows.)

Please enjoy some of the wild flowers we captured on film to share God's beauty to those who will peek into our world. The best of all is sharing this time with a dear friend Teresa.  We both love flowers and had a blast finding them!

 Twin Flower

 Tiger Lily

 Common Harebell

 Meadow Parsley

 Sitka Valerian

 Lewis Monkey Flower

 Pearly Everlasting

 Mountain Bog Gentian

 Arnica

 Groundsel

Bistort

 Spreading Phlox

 Subalpine Daisy

 Spring Beauty

 Western Anemone (Seed Head) Starts as Pasque Flower

 Pasque Flower

 Shrubby Cinquefoil

 Pink Heather

 Cliff Penstemon

 Small Flower Penstemon

 Unidentified. Help?

 White Heather

 Rosey Spirea

 Avalanche Lily

 Buttercup

 My Fav- Jeffrey's Shooting Star

 Broadleaf Lupine

 Marsh Marigold

 Beargrass

 Harsh (red) Indian Paintbrush

 Unidentified - help?

 Mountain Daisey

 Oregon Stonecrop

Fireweed

I lived fully in the meadows of Mt. Rainier, bringing home memories of happiness and peace, knowing His creation is to be enjoyed.  Loved it - I did, wishing I could return in late August, to find other wild flowers waving their petals to the sun, knowing their time in summer is short.  I hope you have enjoyed my collect thoughts and pics!