Autumn along the Sangre de Cristo

We found a big box of pictures inside our cabin, back from when we came here in the 1990's, taken with my fully manual 1970's Pentax K1000.

But, the wife told me it was time to get rid of some.

So, since Fall seems to be on the way, I snapped a few pics off the paper prints on to my digital camera.

In case you are thinking of coming this way in the following month or so, this is what you might see.

Can't tell when the change might start, but a pretty sight it's bound to be.

Please, pardon the speckles from ground-in dust on my old print.
But, hope you get an idea of what's here to see.

Fields and fields of yellow aspen you'll see as you drive around.

Or you can take 3 different train rides, to see it all...
from Antonito towards Chama, NM,
from Alamosa towards our place along the eastern range and La Veta Pass,
or from Durango along the western range.

Maybe it'll start Sept 15th; maybe the first week of October.

But, if you're lucky you'll catch some reds before to yellow they mature.

And if you wait towards the end, they'll take a brownish-red before the leaves fall.

Do you remember what they used to say in the 1970's?
"Try it. You'll like it".

Well, make a plan to come this way; we'd say sometime between Sept 15th and Oct 15th would be just great.