In late 2000, I packed up my jeep and headed for a spot in the Uncompahgre Valley between Ouray and Ridgway, Colorado. I’d visited this beautiful area many times over the years and vowed to live there for a time if I had the chance. Well, I took that chance and spent all of 2001 and a few months of 2002 living, working, and photographing the beauty of the San Juan Mountains and the area around Ouray, Ridgeway, and Silverton, Colorado.

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Ouray, Colorado

At the top of Black Bear Pass (12,000 feet) overlooking Telluride, CO

Fall in the San Juan Mountains

The beautiful Columbine flower

The San Juans

Fall in the San Juans

Glorious Aspens

There are four deer in this image.

At the top of Mt. Evans (14,000 ft).

I call this the lone cowboy.

The valley I lived in.

Near Sliverton, CO