Travel Thursday

Snow storm and pine trees in Colorado. San Juan Mountains in Winter
Autumn snow near Telluride, Colorado in 2011

Most likely, I’ve explored the San Juan Mountains of Colorado more than any other part of the state.

Today’s photo was taken during a two week long trip to the San Juan Mountains in October of 2011. I was traveling with friend Andy Long and we were stuck on the highway south of Telluride during a blizzard after a tractor-trailer truck flipped over on the highway. We pulled the car over and explored the woods near the road as the snow was blanketing the mountains. We found this pond and spent about 30-40 minutes composing images.

We would have never found this scene if it wasn’t for the traffic jam, which goes to show you that great scenes are sometimes just a few yards away from you, all you have to do is look for them.