A landscape photographer's tour
Leadville to Aspen

With the more direct route (Independence Pass) closed for the winter, the route from Leadville to Aspen involves heading north to I-70, then going west to Glenwood Springs, and turning off towards Aspen.

Keith's travels in Colorado - April-May 2006

In 2004 I took my then fairly new Canon 1Ds camera on a driving tour round the Rockies in the USA. This photo-diary covers my second driving trip around Colorado in April/May 2006. This collection of photography and comments has been re-written to make it easier to follow than the original (big) web page. On my return to the UK, I wrote a more technical article about the photographic aspects as a follow up to my original "Keith's first all digital visit to the Rockies"

What's the weather like? National Weather Service radar Webcams What are the roads like?	Daily pages 27th April London-Denver 28th April South park 29th April Leadville 30th April Aspen 1st May Aspen 2nd May Steamboat Springs 3rd May Steamboat Springs 4th May Steamboat Springs 5th May Delta 6th May Gunnison 7th May Gunnison 8th May Gunnison 9th May Fairplay 10th May Pikes Peak and back to Denver

Aspen

I took a short detour on the way to I-70 explore some side roads - good maps help. Always be sure that you can actually go where you want to take photos. We have nutters in the UK as well, but they are not allowed guns...

It's not that bad really :-) The people I meet on my travels over here are usually pretty friendly - certainly more so than the miserable people I'll see on the tube in London when I get back ;-) It's one of the reasons I like visiting the US - people talk to you.

So to Aspen, which immediately has a rather more monied look to it...

With all the usual stores you find in any small town

I called in at Pismo - a really good gallery devoted to fine art glass. You could easily find half a dozen items on display that together would cost as much as my house in Leicester...

In that strange way that things just happen, I also ended up doing a quick bit of Photoshop instruction :-)

As well as items of extremely good taste, there is always the simply bizarre.

So, if you want your home consigning somewhere truly awful.

Or there is always the Salon next door.

I saw these on the way back to the Aspen Hotel, where I'm staying for a couple of days. A good size room with a walk-in wardrobe.

I'm here a couple of days, so stay tuned :-)

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