The Mile-High City revisited.

[wildernesscat]

Some pictures I took around Denver on my last business trip, one week ago.



BJE, a colleague from Avaya took me on a road trip with a bunch of his friends. We went up Webster Pass, off highway 285 South of Denver.






The pass was closed mid-way because of bad weather, so we only drove a couple of miles up.






The jeep belongs to one of BJE's friends.






Stopping at Jefferson Lake for a short hike.






The lake has a thin crust of ice, which breaks easily as we throw some pebbles into the water.






Some people came to the lake to fish and left their dog wandering around.






Out of the pass and back on the road. A typical roadside convenience store. The sign clearly shows we're in the US.






Sphinx Rock, next to the town of Pine.






The road takes us up the mountain again, along a beautiful rocky creek.






We finally end up in the Bucksnort Saloon for a hearty lunch. The place has its own pace.






On first sight it looks like every patron who'd ever been here left something behind.






The back porch overlooks the babbling creek.






Some patron got really artistic on one of the walls.






Traces of a railroad?






One of BJE's friends happened to have a birthday that day. He was 55.






And now I'm on my own, going up Loveland Pass on a snowy Sunday morning. My car is the same one I have in Israel.






The snow isn't deep yet, and I'm glad it isn't. I only have sneakers on.






How should I defend myself against that?






It's not skiing season yet, as the mountains are not quite covered with snow.






The continental divide. All rivers East of this place go to the Atlantic, and West of it to the Pacific.






A couple of brave dudes climbed the Pass for some back country snowboarding.






One not so brave tourist prefers to take a couple of pictures and rush back to the warm car.






This place has artificial snow, so the early birds can indulge in their favorite winter sports.






The morning before returning to Israel. Sunrise as seen from the hotel window.