Rocky Mountain High
Having visited a few of them by now, I've found that most national parks in the United States have a "park loop" road. This road can be one-way or two-way and usually winds through the park to allow access to overlooks and parking lots for trailheads. When I have had a limited amount of time to experience a park, it's the park loop road that has allowed me to make the most of that time and see as much of the park as possible. Needless to say, I have faith in the park loop road. That is, I had faith. On my first trip to Denver, my objective was to capture "Colorado scenes" for the new hospital my mother was helping to open in the area. But on our drive from the airport, we couldn't even see the Denver skyline as we approached the city. Wildfires in the northwestern states were creating so much smoke that was being blown across the country that Colorado and much of the west was shrouded in a thick haze. Those picturesque and majestic mountains were o...