THE MILKWEED AND THE BUTTERFLY CREEKS so I decided to brave

so I decided to brave the frigid -18F temperature to catch this sunrise in the park

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One of the best views in Rocky Mountain National Park is this view hiking the corridor along fern creek with majestic views of notchtop mountain

A beautiful sunset grips the horizon while walking along Eakin Creek West at Wildflower Park

I was up by 4:00 am to catch the sunrise at Wildflower Lake and at the trailhead by 4:30 am

THE MILKWEED AND THE BUTTERFLY CREEKS so I decided to braveAfter photographing the wildflowers with the misty sunrise scenes at Wildflower Park, I focused on some of the wildlife in the park. I switched out the nikkor 105mm macro lens from photographing the swamp milkweed plant to my nikkor 300mm f4 to capture any wildlife that would come close enough. I was coming up to an area of the park with some common milkweed along the trail and was in high hopes of seeing a monarch butterfly or two. My high hopes came