Pretty successful day today… Have been trying to find out about hours and fees on the Pikes Peak Highway via phone with no luck this spring. Specifically I was wondering if the reduced fee for visiting the reservoirs only was in effect yet. Today I was determined to find out for sure! Best way to find out? Just drive up to the toll gate and ask, I figured!
Okay, for anyone wanting to know for sure, the highway opens at 9:00 a.m and you need to be heading down by 4:30 p.m. The fee to the peak is $15 per person and only $5 per person if you wish to go no further than the Catamounts and Crystal. $5 seemed a small price to pay after having driven all the way down there, so I paid the fee and proceeded on to Crystal with a couple of stops along the way for short hikes and some pictures of a cute looking deer herd.
The reservoir was magnificent today, accentuated by the beautiful blue Colorado sky. Luckily a clear day finally coincided with a free day for me so that I could actually see something besides the fog which has plagued the area for much of the spring. And I was rewarded with a few images worthy of posting to my website. Unfortunately I was extremely disappointed to discover that I had made a focusing error on the best image of all by forgetting to hit the back button focus on the front deer when it appeared on the scene. The camera remained focused on the more distant deer which does not work at all 🙁 The two images shown in this post are available exclusively on my personal website at Pixels.com as both print and stock.
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