A MOMENT OF TRANQUILITY FROZEN WATERFALL Just before reaching the creek

Just before reaching the creek

A gorgeous and majestic scene at sunset

I have come to notice that the creek usually doesn't completely freeze over and that the creeks edges can form some pretty cool ice patterns

is named after the harebell flower

A beautiful and typical desert southwest landscape scene with an impressive young saguaro cactus standing close to a blue palo verde tree at Saguaro National Park

A MOMENT OF TRANQUILITY FROZEN WATERFALL Just before reaching the creekIt was a cool August summer morning when I arrived at the trailhead to Bierstadt Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. I started up the steep trail at 5: 15 am to catch the sunrise at the lake and the Continental Divide. It would take me just under an hour to reach the lake. There are numerous switchbacks leading up the mountain through some stands of aspen trees. After about 20 minutes, I no longer needed my headlamp to guide my way up the mountain.