Hike: Picklejar Lakes

Picklejar lakes trail is a moderate relatively steep hike located in the Highwood pass. The hike leads to 4 small lakes with loads of cutthroat trout. Start at the lantern creek parking lot, cross highway 40 and follow the it to the north for about 100m. The trailhead is off to the right. It starts …

Tiger Cubs get some fresh air

Katja and her three cubs came out to play today. They look adorable! Even with all those teeth 😉 Samkha and Visili are the males. The female is not yet named. There are an estimated 350 to 400 Siberian tigers left on the planet, nevermind in the wild. Here’s a few pictures we took when …

18th century mechanical RoBoT!

Well this is awesome. Pierre Jaquet-Droz was a 18th century watchmaker who perfected mechanical movement in his creations called automata. This one managed to write you note – completely mechanically! It’s like the robots of yester-year! 🙂 OK maybe not completely, but still no less amazing 🙂 The one in the video below – still …

Hike: Ptarmigan Cirque Trail

Ptarmigan Cirque Trail is an easy afternoon stroll in Highwood Pass – at 8200 feet. It takes about 1 to 2 hours. The trailhead is at the Highwood Pass Parking on Highway #40. I took a few handheld panoramas of the view. Click here to open Pano 1 fullscreen Click here to open Pano 2 …