2017 Leaf Peeping

Me: Wanna go leaf peeping this weekend?
Mark:  Yup.
Me: Wanna go leaf peeping on a train?
Mark: Yup.
Me: Wanna...
Mark: Yup.
Me: *silence*
Mark: Gotcha!!!

And off we went on our 3rd-Annual Leaf Peeping adventure.  However, this year Mark didn't have to watch the curvy road and watch out for the millions of other car-loads of people out leaf peeping too.  Earlier this summer we had seen that there was an old train that ran from Leadville to the Climax mine that offered rides for leaf peeping in the fall so I booked our trip early so that we didn't miss getting seats on the train.

Leadville Train Station

When we got to Leadville it was snowing.  Yup...snowing (September 17).  And the clouds were down on the mountains and we initially thought that the trip was going to be a bust.  You see there needs to be some sunshine for the colors to really pop and with the cloud cover it was looking a little bleak.

Fortunately after we got about half-way through the train ride the clouds lifted and we had sunshine that was popping through every so often and the rest of the trip was photo-worthy at almost every turn.  Enjoy!