August 10, 2014 Pagosa Springs, Colorado

We hiked up toward Four mile falls. About 4 miles each way and about 1,500 vertical-both ways.

John starting up the trail. Lush, green, lots of wild flowers. We were surrounded by high peaks.

Aspens and thimble berries along the trail. This falls is not Four Mile,but close enough for us. We were beat. This falls down the rock face, then does a free fall to the bottom portion.

You can see the free fall here, then it hits this ledge and explodes down over a hanging garden.

John eating lunch in a field of flowers  at the bottom of the falls. I loved this one monkey flower under the falls.

We were too tired to go to the second falls, and of course we found out later,  it turns out to be just around the corner. Back through all the green and flowers.

John waiting patiently while I take way too many photos. John at the end of a meadow. I stopped and took some photos, turned back around and a huge deer was following John down the trail, of course I did not get a photo.

Aspens and flowers. We hiked at the end of this valley by the peaks, I took this photo on the way out.

The Last Dance Ranch is for sale. 85 lush acres, 7,000 plus square foot house and a few barns and guest houses. Didn’t mention the price. Beautiful place. We stopped, of course at a brewery on the way back to quench John’s thirst.

And watched the super moon rise over the healing waters at the hot spring.  Lots and lots of flowers. White flowers, seed head, hawk weed.

Some fall leaves are starting to appear, fritillary on a sneeze weed, Indian paint brush, spider, hare bells, western mountain ash,elder berries.

Different kind of butterfly on a sneeze weed, asters, wild honey suckle berries, pink flower, blue butterfly on an aster, butterfly and sneeze weed, monks hood.

Pink flower, yellow flower, elder berry, twisted stalk, pearly everlasting, thimble berries.

White flower, strawberry leaf with fall colors, asters and ferns, mertensia, butter cup, columbine and grass.

geranium fall leaf, butter and eggs, thistle with bees, red seeds, yellow leaves, violet.

White elderberries, seed , curly seeds, nettle, wisk broom parsley, corn lily leaves.

Corn lily leaves, raspberry (right before I picked it and ate it), sunflowers, monks hood, front and side, monkey flower, seed head.