An Autumn Drive in Colorado

My husband and I decided to take a drive over one of our favorite mountain passes this week in eager anticipation of seeing if the mountains were beginning to display their autumnal beauty. 

"The heart of Autumn must have broken here and poured its treasure out upon the leaves." - Charlotte Fiske Bates

We were not disappointed!

"Every leaf speaks bliss to me

Fluttering from the autumn tree." - Emily Brontë

The creeks were running with icy water in which the aspen leaves danced in the ripples and swirled around the stones like golden coins.

Autumn is my favorite time of the year for many reasons. 

Although this season is fleeting in Colorado, it is truly breathtakingly beautiful and a treasure to behold.

“Listen! The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves, we have had our summer evenings, now for October eves.”– Humbert Wolfe

"Autumn that year painted the countryside in vivid shades of scarlet, saffron, and russet, and the days were clear and crisp under the harvest skies." - Sharon Kay Penman

As we drove we were surrounded on all sides by incredible autumn color.

“Is this not a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love – that makes life and nature harmonize.”– George Eliot

When we reached the summit we were at 11,669 feet 

(3556.7 m) and could see the summit of Mount Bierstadt (elevation 14,060 feet (4,290 m).  

At this high elevation, we are above the tree line and the ground surface is tundra. 

We feel as if we are on top of the world!

 We continue on the pass and park by the historic Silverdale Heritage Trailhead to walk in the woods. 

 It is one of our favorite spots.

"October's poplars are flaming torches lighting the way to winter." - Nova S. Blair

The terminus of the pass is ahead-- the historic silver mining town of  Georgetown, Colorado.

“Go, sit upon the lofty hill, And turn your eyes around, Where waving woods and waters wild Do hymn an autumn sound. The summer sun is faint on them— The summer flowers depart— Sit still— as all transform’d to stone, Except your musing heart.”– Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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This was our drive--from Grant to Georgetown and through nature's magnificent heart of autumn. Enjoy the season where you are in all its glory!

"There is something incredibly nostalgic and significant about the annual cascade of autumn leaves." - Joe L. Wheeler

Stay happy, safe, and healthy!

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