I went back to the Upper Piedra on the 9th figuring the colors should be more advanced and they were.

Pagosa Peak on the way up along Piedra Road

 

 

 

There was a little coyote in the field

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Williams Lake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I took the forest service road into the Weminuche Valley past the Williams Lake cutoff.  It is  a steep climb and a skinny road it was getting late and I was wondering if I would get some views as the trees next to the road were pretty thick.  When you first come into the valley you see this falling down

building.

 

 

 

 

 

From the Valley floor

 

 

 

First view from up the hill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Up top as far as I went was a real panoramic view this photo doesn’t do it justice.  I’m not sure what the elevation was there but high enough to really get my heart pumping when I wander up a little path to get this photo

 

 

 

 

Coming back down the hill the sun was hitting this lighter stripe of rock in this mountain and it really caught my eye

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking out over the valley again as the sun is getting really low in the sky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When I got back down to the valley this cow was outside her fence, the night before there had been a who bunch outside the fence along Piedra on the way home.