The images in this gallery were captured in a late September 2009 trip to Rocky Mountain National Park and to the southwest corner of Colorado; the San Juan Skyway. My timing with regard to getting colorful aspen shots was good but the weather was marginal at best. The 3 days spent in RMNP were all cloudy, rainy, windy and snowy. In fact, Trail Ridge Road across from the East side to the West was closed due to heavy snow; I never got to the west side of the park, one of the better locations to see the elk population in the fall rut. When I got to southwest Colorado, the weather was very different, very warm, very windy, cloudless and hazy. While different from RMNP, still less than great photography weather. The old line about a bad day at play being better than a good day at the office still applies, however. To see a slideshow of this gallery, click on the thumbnail image on this page. When watching the slideshow, follow the arrows or click on a slideshow image to return to the thumbnail view. Enjoy the images!!