The Road To Fall T-Shirt

The Cub Lake Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park in northern Colorado begins at the trail head below Moraine Park Campground at an elevation of 8,095 feet. It climbs for 674 feet past Cub Lake and then descends 369 feet to The Pool on the Big Thompson River. Horses are permitted on the trail and contribute to its heavy use.

The trail first crosses the marshy area around the Big Thompson River then over two wooden bridges becoming wide and smooth as it travels through vegetation near the water. It makes a mostly level path with a few short ups and downs along the west edge of Moraine Park and after a short hike the trail turns west and travels up a valley. Elk can often be seen grazing in the shrubs along the Big Thompson, or resting in the shade of the trees along the edge of the meadow. The Cub Lake Trail travels through some rocky areas that can be quite rough for inexperienced horses. Passing by several ponds containing lots of ducks, the trail gets narrow as you...

Photography is all about using light to capture the emotion and beauty of a fleeting moment. For me, this adventure began with a single spring image using a small Kodak film camera of a freshly watered central Kansas ditch and has come full circle using modern digital techniques. My first camera was acquired by trading an ancient Royal typewriter to a fellow college student who was desperate to finish a term paper. It was a long time ago and that camera was my passport to an art that has fascinated me ever since. I owned and operated a professional studio in central Kansas for 20 years and moved to Colorado in 1994. Part of the studio's early success came from creating outdoor portraiture using controlled lighting...