The Flatiron Mountains and around Boulder

A lot of people like Boulder, but compared with the Breckenridge area, I found it hot and barren.  Here are a few ridges in the Flatiron Range at a place called Chautauqua Park.  I never tired of telling my brother that it's nothing like the real Chautauqua.

And here's the town of Boulder as seen from the heights above.  It was hot here, and dry, and the was blindingly bright and searing.

But the Flatirons are interesting.  My brother and I were just a little worn out, so we didn't give this place the exploration that it deserves.

A ponderosa pine, such a beautiful tree.

Here, too, is a thing of beauty....