A Symphony in F – F for Foliage, F for Fall
There’s a reason people love fall.
It’s the season when light softens, air cools, and color takes center stage. Nature turns conductor, leading an orchestra (this could be your background music while you watch the slideshow) of golds, russets, and fading greens — a true symphony in F.
Our drive to Grand Junction was already beautiful — vast skies, open spaces, a sense of calm. But on the way back, we let the world slow down. We breathed it in. We wandered. We stopped for the night in Creede, Colorado — a small mining town wrapped in mountain quiet.
I’ve seen many landscapes, in many seasons. Yet never have I seen Aspen trees like these — endless groves of gold trembling in the wind, catching the light like laughter. Miles and miles of golden leaves, a living carpet rolling over the hills.
There’s not much more to say.
Sometimes words fall short where color and sound take over.
So I hope you can feel what we felt — in the glow of those trees, in the hush of the mountains, in the rhythm of the road — as you watch the slideshow.
Maybe you’ll even hear the music too.
Enjoy
Next stop: back home to New Mexico, where the colors change again — and the symphony continues.
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on our way to Grand Junction[/caption]
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Curecanti National Recreation Area[/caption]
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Wine tasting with our friends in Grand Junction[/caption]
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Grand Mesa[/caption]
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Crossing the Kebler Pass – the summit is at 10,007 ft ( 3,050m )[/caption]
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A huge blanket of Aspen trees[/caption]
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Passing through small picturesque towns[/caption]
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This would be a great place to live[/caption]
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… coming home by rail[/caption]
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Mining Town of Creede, CO[/caption]
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New Mexico at the Ghost Ranch[/caption]
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Chama River[/caption]



















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