Flora and fauna of Colorado

One thing I have been fascinated by here in Colorado is the variety of flowers that can thrive in such an arid climate. It’s so thrilling to be hiking through the craggy mountains or dry, rocky canyon and see pops of color. As we hiked there was a lot of “Oooh, look at this one!” and “Oh, so pretty!” followed by “I wonder what that is” with a sidelong glance to me, hoping I will pull out my plant identification app!

Trees and shrubs sometimes looked the same as one we have in Virginia, but were different enough that I had to look those up too.

Reds and purples were the best!

Not only were the flowers and trees amazing, but we saw some pretty fun animals, too!

We also saw some elk on our drives but no pictures to share. And I’m too busy swatting miller moths to grab a photo of them!

It was super fun to see all these different types of plants and animals! Pop a note in the comments if I’ve gotten any wrong!