{"id":39158,"date":"2026-02-26T21:22:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T02:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=39158"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T20:54:17","slug":"colorado-february-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=39158","title":{"rendered":"Colorado, February 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2491\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226_RMNP_5D_6402_w7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2491\" class=\"wp-image-2491 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226_RMNP_5D_6402_w7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"493\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moraine Park in Late Evening Light, RMNP, Colorado. Feb 26, 2008.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My favorite picture of the day was at the end of the day. I was near the Moraine Park visitor&#8217;s center watching clouds drift across the sky as the stars came out.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39159\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-elk-5D-6290-w7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39159\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-elk-5D-6290-w7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-elk-5D-6290-w7.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-elk-5D-6290-w7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-elk-5D-6290-w7-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-39159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elk, Rocky Mountain National Park. February 26, 2008.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here and there herds of elk were feeding in the meadows.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39310\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-RMNP-5D-6156-w8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39310\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-RMNP-5D-6156-w8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-RMNP-5D-6156-w8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-RMNP-5D-6156-w8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-RMNP-5D-6156-w8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-RMNP-5D-6156-w8-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-39310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beaver Meadows Overlook, Rocky Mountain National Park. February 26, 2008.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Beaver Meadows Overlook on Dear Mountain has a nice view to the south at Longs Peak which was surrounded by clouds when I created this image.\u00a0 This is one of my two photo locations on the road over Deer Mountain.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39312\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-RMNP-5D-6231-w8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39312\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-RMNP-5D-6231-w8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-RMNP-5D-6231-w8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-RMNP-5D-6231-w8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-RMNP-5D-6231-w8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-RMNP-5D-6231-w8-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-39312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horseshoe Park Overlook, Rocky Mountain National Park. February 26, 2008.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you take U.S. 34 over Deer Mountain to the north side, there is another overlook with a nice view of Horseshoe Park. This is my other favorite photo location on the drive over Deer Mountain.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39160\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-RMNP-sunset-Ypsilon-5D-6372-w8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39160\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-RMNP-sunset-Ypsilon-5D-6372-w8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-RMNP-sunset-Ypsilon-5D-6372-w8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-RMNP-sunset-Ypsilon-5D-6372-w8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-RMNP-sunset-Ypsilon-5D-6372-w8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/080226-RMNP-sunset-Ypsilon-5D-6372-w8-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-39160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunset, Ypsilon Mountain, Rocky Mountain National Park. February 26, 2008.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My favorite picture of the day was at the end of the day. 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