Fall in Colorado

Shai and I love the fall in Colorado. Every year we take a day and drive and hike into the back country. We drive up Old Stage Road from Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek looking for the changing aspen leaves. Along the way we get out when something looks interesting. This year many, but not all, of the aspen leaves had already blown down. So we found ourselves hiking around looking at other exciting scenery.
This stream feeds the pond you will see below.


Can you imagine panning for gold in the 1800's?
(Below)
This little lake was a fun find on one of our hikes. The top of the lake was frozen but you could see leaves underneath moving with the incoming current. I love how clear the water is when a lake is made from snow runoff!