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A local wildflower.
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Judith
8/5/2020 08:57:40 pm
Yes. Your favorite time of year is not yet. What an optimist you are. That tree is probably summer stressed. But the wild flower, which shall be unnamed, is quite cute. Stay optimistic. You've got it pretty much figured out anyway.....
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Tom
8/5/2020 09:21:41 pm
Well maybe it was just wishful thinking that Autumn is almost here. I've always loved Autumn in the mountains, the trees are pretty, the weather is just about perfect, and most of the tourists are gone, except for the leaf peepers of course. When I lived in the mountains the leaves would be changing late August and we would usually get our first snowfall in September. But Denver is several thousand feet lower than where I used to live so Fall doesn't here come quite that early.
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Judith
8/6/2020 04:28:48 pm
Yes. Autumn in the Rockies is wonderful. That's when we went there...or very late spring. Just being back home before school was out, or leaving here well before. I guess the only times I have seen Cripple Creek, there was snow around. Nowadays, crowds are probably not so predictable. I did bring all my force to bear to do a van-camping trip to New England, where I had friends, in late September, early October. He was very surprised. He liked it. The red maples made me sink to my knees when I lived there. Along with the yellow ones, etc etc. Rocky mountain aspens have the same effect on me. You'll find something!
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Tom
8/6/2020 05:34:47 pm
Yes a lot of folks come here during the slightly off-season to beat the crowds, but mountain weather being somewhat fickle you always stand a chance of getting caught in a minor snowstorm. In fact in Cripple Creek I have witnessed snow in July and August.
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Linda Sand
8/6/2020 05:47:09 pm
One of my favorite RV trips was heading south along the east coast then inland aways slow enough to keep in peak leaf color season for nearly 2 months. Part of that trip was along the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Natchez Trace so lots on boondocking included.
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Tom
8/6/2020 06:10:50 pm
That sounds like a great trip Linda. The Smoky Mountains and the Blue Ridge Parkway have a special place in my heart. When I was growing up in the South the little tourist town of Cherokee North Carolina was a place we often went on vacation. So the Blue Ridge Parkway and places like Maggie Valley bring back great memories.
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