The sun rises above Brent Creek.  Beginning of a new day.

South Fork of Fish Creek in a sea of willow covered meadows at 9,000 feet along the continental divide.  This is prime grizzly country.  And great fishing.

Heading back towards town we stop for a few pixs looking back through the Aspens at the now visible Ramshorn Peak.  Quite a morning of color and new country for me.  I have to thank my guide for the morning, Laurie Ideker, as this ara is closed to the public and with her help I was abloe to get some great photos and reference for some great painting possibilities.
Thanks, Laurie.

The clouds are finally lifting and dissipating as we leave this old ranch offering a view of the Ramshorn to the north.  We watch a doe with three fawns come over the hill above the ranch and bound their way across the face of the hill dissapearing into the Aspens below.

A rather cool  NE breeze is blowing making for a chill to the air.  Far to the west I can hear an occassional elk bugle.  Low clouds are slowly dissapating and we wait for a view of the
Ramshorn Peak now hidden above this old ranch.  It is no wonder the builder of this place so long ago chose this site for a home.  Hard work had to be tempered by the beauty surrounding his place.

The gold of Aspens highlight a mountain ranch barn NW of Dubois, Wyoming.  Accompanied by an Australian Shepherd and Golden Retriever-could life get any better than this?

The golden season is upon us.  Aspens are nearly at their heighth in colors.  There seems to be a little more orange showing up this year.  Maybe from such a wet beginning then dry from July on?  At any rate the colors are spectacular.