Dinner is ready...
and it looks amazing! You look at this!
but you gotta see this
It's snowing! Isn't this pretty?
I realize that you might need some context about where we are
and why it looks like Christmas when it's still September
Let's go inside and talk
I can't even believe it, but we are on the road again for the first time in this 2020
as you could see the trip is off to a great start!
This is going to be our place for this week in beautiful Fort Collins, Colorado just at the foothills of the Rockies
this is just one of the many places we are hoping to visit in the next 2 months
We got here a couple of days ago and this place looked very, very different
It was very hot, 95F (35C)
A couple of wildfires were raging nearby, there was ash everywhere, covering the houses, cars, trees, the streets...
I mean, the whole place was very eerie
and then, out of nowhere, a miracle happened, something like I had never experienced before
a disturbance in the weather
In less than 24 hours, temperatures dropped almost 60 degrees (25C)
It started to snow, slowly at first but pretty heavy right now as you could see
So, of course, I had to get out there and take advantage of these adverse conditions
At first, I wanted to stay as close as possible to Fort Collins and avoid longer trips
I didn't know these roads, the last thing I wanted was to face icy conditions with a car that I'm still getting to know
I drove around for a couple hours, taking random roads and stopping by anywhere that was promising
Pretty nice out here
I almost wish the storm was a little bit worse, there's still plenty of visibility and not enough snow on the ground
but man, this is amazing for September 8th
All right, so I came all the way here because of that tree
It was pretty cool, I tried to make a couple images, I don't know if they're going to work
I'm just walking over there, I have no idea, just trying different things
This looks beautiful, it is pretty cool, I'm really enjoying this
The thing is, it's very, very cold and I don't have good gloves, my fingers are very cold
I can barely feel them
As I drove more and more, I gained confidence on both the roads and the car
and decided to make a trip farther south, to Boulder
where I had the chance to go a beautiful hike
look at that
I usually like fog, but this time it obscured the view of the Flatiron mountains
it was still a beautiful afternoon hiking in the snowy forest, but I knew I had to go back to see the mountains
Good morning!
Let's see how we are doing today
not bad...
Good morning, everyone! Today's the day after the snowstorm, still very cold - some 30F (-2C)
it's still snowing a little bit
I'm going to try to go back to Boulder, to that, park the chawa chatwaka...
I'm going back there in the hopes of seeing the Flatiron mountains that I didn't get to see yesterday
I'm going to go on a couple hikes as well, so it should be fun, it should be pretty
Let's do it!
Of course, on the way to Boulder, I stopped quite a few times to make the images that I was seeing
I’d stopped by this cabin the day before, the conditions had changed quite a bit
it made for 2 completely different images in less than 24 hours
It is really coming down now, but this is so pretty and so beautiful... and cold
It's snowing again, I have my cameras protected with plastic
one is the wide angle, the other one is the telephoto
and that's more than enough to cover most of my images
This walk has been really good for my soul
but not so much for images, it's kind of hard to single out images here
it’s so beautiful and so pretty, but so hard to actually see an image
I'm just going to keep walking around and enjoying this weather, in 2 days we are going to be back to 85F
all of this is going to be gone by then
Back in the car, you're going to be so proud of me
my feet are completely wet and frozen from the snow
but look what I brought!
Clean and dry socks! and...
a pair of dry shoes too, so I'm going to be very comfortable in no time, going to change now
This is where real photography happens
from the car!
I was going to a completely different place, but i found this spot on the highway
it has a great view of Boulder, and the mountains
and I think it’s El Dorado canyon
There’s still some fog, but it's clearing up and it's making for great images, possibly the best images of the trip so far
just from the car, next to the highway
yup
Finally, my persistence had really paid off
it took me 2 drives on less than ideal roads, and 2 days around Boulder to get a glimpse of the mountains
but I finally got it
The snow is gone, and our time in Fort Collins is coming to an end, sadly
but don't think that you've seen it all from this summer snowstorm, because before the snow melted
I visited a place that took my breath away
This is only the beginning of the trip and I'm already loving it
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Thank you so much for watching, and see you the next one!
All right, yes, it is snowing and it's cold
I'm completely wet
and I'm so happy!
you