on the 30th of September I headed out to the high country to see how the aspen were coming along.  I went north of town to the upper Piedra and Williams Lake.  It was mostly cloudy but still beautiful.

These were pretty much the first aspen I came upon

 

 

 

Here you can see how many are still green, still I love the contrast that they offer to the yellow and the dark green pines.

 

 

 

This is the first good view spot of Cimarrona Peak in the Weminuche wilderness area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Williams Lake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

trees reflected in the lake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looks like a pretty great place to be a cow

 

 

 

 

 

The sun was fading but this hillside was lit up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The sun went down as I pass a little pond on the way home

 

 

 

 

Then it lit up the other side of the sky high above Pagosa Peak

 

 

 

 

Oh I almost forgot here is a panorama by the lake taken from the boat launch area.