I would be remiss if I didn’t include some of the many photographs I snapped of the variety of wildflowers we discovered on our hikes:
Aspens and Lupines
Purple Rocky Mountain Thistle
emerging Columbine
lupine with mulesear
pink lupines
Mulesear surrounded by lupines
tall chiming bells
mariposa lily
columbines and golden banners
I think this is a variety of coneflower
sierra fumewort
larkspur (not the best specimen, but the only one I saw)
field of mulesear at 9500 ft
Richard's geranium
white peavine
blue flax
Common Dandelion
golden banner
globeflower with bee
How could I forget the falls? This was found on the south side of East Beckwith and caused by mountain snow runoff.
A Round Rock Garden 
Comments on: "Celebrating National Parks Pt. 2: Wildflowers of Colorado" (6)
Thanks for showing us some of Colorado’s amazing wildflower display. I particularly love the mulesear with lupines.
I was able to send all of these pictures of the wildflowers to my grandmother right before she passed away. She and grandfather used to travel out to Colorado every year until they got too old to make the long drive from Illinois.
She loved the flowers out there. Her last letter to me said “thank you for bringing back memories of the wildflowers … those days are gone now” – makes me tear up just thinking about it, but I’m glad I could take her back to a special time in her life.
I know if I never get back to Colorado again, these pictures will always remind me of how overwhelmingly beautiful it is there, how tiny we really are, and how big heaven truly is.
You certainly were there at the right time to see all the wildflowers. I wish we could have been there earlier but even in early July I thought the flowers were pretty fabulous. They were later I think because of all the snow. Beautiful shots of some amazing scenery.
Thanks, Jenny. It was truly awe-inspiring. The funny thing is, these pictures were all taken between July 5-11 – about the time you went as well. I guess we lucked out with all the flowers! I think the camp host told us that the melt came a little later last year, which is why the wildflowers were still blooming so much.
I guess the real beauty is definitely out there… in the wild, not necessarily within the confinement of our own garden. Thanks for sharing. ~bangchik
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