GUARDING THE HEARD SALT CREEK A beautiful summer morning walk

A beautiful summer morning walk through Wildflower Park with plenty of views of wildflowers including common milkweed and false sunflowers

A beautiful early misty morning hike through Wildflower Park with ironweed wildflowers in full bloom

327 foot McHenrys Peak which towers over the lake and glacier gorge in Rocky Mountain National Park

She stayed for a few minutes while I was able to get some close up photographs

I set out on this February morning to enjoy and photograph the fresh blanket of snow that covers this area around wildflower lake in Northern Illinois

GUARDING THE HEARD SALT CREEK A beautiful summer morning walkA large mature bull rocky mountain elk protects his small group of females and calves from other mature males and predators up on the alpine tundra during august in Rocky Mountain National Park. (434 79)