New Years Day. 2008.

Plan's to recon Loveland on the first of the year just didn't pan out. Despite a can-do attitude with regard to the forecasted 40 below wind chill, a quick consultation of the GatSquad's statewide spy-camera network revealed that I-70 had been shut down for the day for avalanche control, so the Loveland crews couldn't get to the area to fire up the lifts.

Plan B was a little hike around Matthew Winters and Red Rocks parks.
Hiking is not normally my preferred mode of outdoor travel, but it has it's charms. It's certainly easier to see the smaller details when skulking about on foot.
And I had opportunity to practice with this spiffy new camera. It takes a while to regain your "photographers eye" for your surroundings.

I suppose this one would make a good desktop background for you fans of the abstract (who don't mind losing your icons...).
It wasn't riding. It wasn't skiing. But it wasn't a half-bad start to the year, by any means.