I can see mountains from my house. Just not very impressive ones.

Panorama Point - Coal Creek Canyon

Panorama Point - Coal Creek Canyon

Because of pictures such as these, someone asked if I could see mountains from my house.  The pictures above were taken from Panorama Point in Coal Creek Canyon Park.  I took them on one of the house-hunting trips when my realtor stopped there to get some cell reception and update his GPS.  (Signals tend to drop out in the mountains, mostly just when you need them…)  These were taken in the fall not recently, so the snow cover is not from the most recent snows.

The rest of these pictures were taken from route 119 within a few miles of my home in either direction.

On the way to Nederland without...

...and with snow.

On the way back from Nederland.

The mountain photos included in last week’s blog were taken from route 119 going in the other direction towards Black Hawk.

View from Back Deck - Facing East

So, back to the original question:  can I see these kinds of views from my home.  The answer is no.  Here’s a “sunrise” shot from my back deck.  I took it at this time of day because the contrast between mountains and sky is most pronounced.  This view is to the east which means looking towards “the flats,” so the mountains tend to be somewhat lower than where I live. 

The views from the other side of the house – towards the west – would show wonderful mountain views if it were not for the wonderful towering pine trees.  The whole of my western view is shrouded by trees! 

Driveway in Front.

Front "Flower Beds."

(Not that I am complaining!)

And on a final note:  My computer is currently situated in my dining room, next to the slider to the back deck.  While I was preparing this blog, I glanced out the slider to notice a big gray rabbit on the deck!  Unfortunately, the card from the camera was in the computer.  By the time I got it back into the camera, the bunny was on his/her way.  But I did get the following movie which includes some of the mountain shots before I got to the bunny.  At the very end, you can just barely see the bunny hopping down the deck stairs.  He must have been very hungry to have come up as there is absolutely nothing on the deck that is edible, but apparently there’s not much on the ground, either