It has been a cool, wet summer which has kept me indoors more than I care to be. However, this past weekend we had a beautiful day and went #jeeping with good friends #CrisMitchell and #MattMitchell. We started in Telluride on #ImogenePass and drove over the pass where it ends in #OurayColorado. It is a beautiful drive that goes well above timberline and summits at 13,114 feet in elevation. Imogene is 17 miles long and is the highest pass in the San Juan Mountain Range and the second highest vehicular pass in the state of Colorado.
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| A view of the road we had traveled to Imogene Pass summit. |
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Sheep grazing above timberline.
One thing nice about all of the rain this summer is that the wildflowers are abundant and brilliant with color in the high elevations.
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Elephant head flowers that I rarely see. |
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| Indian paint brush. At high altitude they are brilliant pink. |
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Ptarmigan Lake. There are 5 Ptarmigan Lakes in Colorado,
but this is the highest at 12,939. |
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| Bluebells. Not to be confused with the ice cream. |
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| A field of elephant head flowers. |
Next we drove over #EngineerPass to #LakeCityColorado.
Stay tuned for my next blog.....Jeeping in the Rockies, Part 2.
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