{"id":38061,"date":"2025-10-29T16:55:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T21:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=38061"},"modified":"2025-11-04T17:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T22:02:10","slug":"colorado-october-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=38061","title":{"rendered":"Colorado, October 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8157\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-RMNP-iP-7220-w7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8157\" class=\"wp-image-8157 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-RMNP-iP-7220-w7.jpg\" alt=\"Horseshoe Park\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horseshoe Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. October 29, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trip with John, day 3.\u00a0 This overlook on deer mountain has a nice view of the valley (&#8220;park&#8221;) below.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38062\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-CO-trip-pano-iP-7208-13-w9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38062\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38062\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-CO-trip-pano-iP-7208-13-w9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-CO-trip-pano-iP-7208-13-w9.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-CO-trip-pano-iP-7208-13-w9-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-CO-trip-pano-iP-7208-13-w9-768x252.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-CO-trip-pano-iP-7208-13-w9-500x164.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horseshoe Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. October 29, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This wide angle view is from the same overlook.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38063\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-John-Jim-Sprague-5D3-4465-w7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38063\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38063\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-John-Jim-Sprague-5D3-4465-w7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-John-Jim-Sprague-5D3-4465-w7.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-John-Jim-Sprague-5D3-4465-w7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-John-Jim-Sprague-5D3-4465-w7-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John (left) and Jim Doty Jr., Spague Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. October 29, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_38065\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-Colorado-trip-iP-7094-w8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38065\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38065\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-Colorado-trip-iP-7094-w8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-Colorado-trip-iP-7094-w8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-Colorado-trip-iP-7094-w8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-Colorado-trip-iP-7094-w8-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-Colorado-trip-iP-7094-w8-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John, Moraine Park, Rocky Mountain National Park. October 29, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>John was taking a picture of the Big Thompson river.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38066\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-Colorado-trip-iP-7101-w8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38066\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-Colorado-trip-iP-7101-w8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-Colorado-trip-iP-7101-w8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-Colorado-trip-iP-7101-w8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-Colorado-trip-iP-7101-w8-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-Colorado-trip-iP-7101-w8-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim, Rocky Mountain National Park. October 29, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While I was taking pictures with a long lens, my brother John grabbed my phone and took a picture of me.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38068\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-Colorado-trip-iP-7123-w8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38068\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38068\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-Colorado-trip-iP-7123-w8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-Colorado-trip-iP-7123-w8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-Colorado-trip-iP-7123-w8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-Colorado-trip-iP-7123-w8-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-Colorado-trip-iP-7123-w8-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colorado Cottages, #5, &#8220;Columbine&#8221;, Estes Park, Colorado. October 29, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We came back into town for lunch. &#8220;Columbine&#8221; (lower level) was out cottage away from home.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8158\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-RMNP-iP-7182-83-w7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8158\" class=\"wp-image-8158 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-RMNP-iP-7182-83-w7.jpg\" alt=\"Upper Beaver Meadows and Longs Peak\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Beaver Meadows and Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park. October 29, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21465\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-CO-trip-5D3-4628-w7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21465\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-CO-trip-5D3-4628-w7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-CO-trip-5D3-4628-w7.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-CO-trip-5D3-4628-w7-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-CO-trip-5D3-4628-w7-376x300.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bull Elk, Domino&#8217;s Pizza, Estes Park, Colorado. October 29, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While we had thought about finding something to eat, our neighborhood bull elk had the same idea.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21466\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-CO-trip-5D3-4414-w7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21466\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-CO-trip-5D3-4414-w7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-CO-trip-5D3-4414-w7.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-CO-trip-5D3-4414-w7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121029-CO-trip-5D3-4414-w7-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elk in our parking space, Colorado Cottages, Estes Park, Colorado. October 29, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When we came back at the end of the day, our elk was waiting in our parking spot. We again had to wait for him to leave. We didn&#8217;t mind. I took pictures using my headlights for light.\u00a0 It was the end of our third and final day in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trip with John, day 3.\u00a0 This overlook on deer mountain has a nice view of the valley (&#8220;park&#8221;) below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo-locations","category-photographs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38061"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38069,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38061\/revisions\/38069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}