These are a few pictures of my brother in law and his hunting partner Bill. Dennis shot a nice mulie and Bill got the 6x6 elk and other mule deer. Bills elk unfortunately died in the middle of the purgatory river. It took the DOW officer and his winch to winch the elk out of the river. No trucks are allowed in the area they were hunting. Next year will hopefully be my year for an elk. plans are already being made....thanks to dennis he gave me a wonderful idea. For those of you who would like to help me...please donate to the " Get Mark An Elk Foundation". All procedes will be used for hunting purposes only, Mostly out of state tag fees!!!!!

Maggie and I with a couple pheasant taken while on a hunt in southeastern Colorado at Walsh the day after Thanksgiving.

A few recent pictures from Estes at Rocky Mountain National Park.....one picture has a bobcat in it and another has the beautiful Stellars Jay....a relative of the noisey blue jay.

Well sorry it has been a while since my last posting...but as most of you know i have been busy and very happy........anyway we got a few inches of snow here this am....my first colorado blizzard.....these are just a few pictures of my apartment complex...i haven't ventured out much further...just went to get gas for work tonight...if the roads arent too bad early tomorrow morning after work i may head to garden of the gods to get some snowy pictures........till then...brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Well the Aspen aren't out quite as much as i had expected yet, at least where i drove today. But I did get a few pix, two of Pikes Peak and one out in Divide......enjoy till later......

Well it snowed a little at the higher elevations here, just a few flakes here in the Springs. I took maggie for a hike today through the garden of the gods and captured a few nice pictures of Pikes Peak......I may try and head out tomorrow and head further into the mtns. The aspen are changing and with the new snow they got it should be unbelievable.............

One last set of pictures from the summit area of Pikes Peak....."Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves." - John Muir.

Here are a couple more pictures from the Pikes Peak Challenge. More to come.

Here are a few more pix from my hike up Pikes Peak.......

I MADE IT!!!!!!! My goal when i came to colorado springs was to hike pikes peak. That I must admit has been my greatest accomplishment to date......The weather held out and it was a beautiful day. The weather at the summit was in the low 30's and had gotten snow the night before but that didn't stop us. Here are a few pix for now....i am pretty tired having hiked to the summit on a total of 61/2 hours sleep in the past two days due to work, the pre hike rally, then getting up at 0300 to get there and start by 0500. It took me 8 hrs of hard hiking to get there but it was worth it.........

The elk hunting is continuing, we are in the middle of a warm spell and between that and the mosquitoes, it has been a little rough finding the elk.....but a cool spell this friday and weekend should help us out.....I took a few interesting pictures this am.....The mountain lion tracks were from where we hunt...and was seen by two other hunters yesterday while we were there. It was stalking some mule deer the other two guys were also stalking....Yikes! Also for you hunters the mule deer pictures are just a few of the typical mulies of the area.....elk pictures to follow soon..................I HOPE!

Well today was the first day for archery elk....we saw 20+ elk ....one of which was a tremendous 6x6 Bull that would make the record books......The Pictures of Pikes Peak I took on the way home right after a storm and it had snow on top....I dont think the Peak has looked any more beautiful.....