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Lake Estes on Saturday morning...

Lake Estes on Saturday morning

Sunday,  April 29th - Photo Of The Week...

Taken in the morning Saturday, this week's photo of the week features a beautiful Spring view of Lake Estes in northern Colorado. The world famous Stanley Hotel can be seen on the hillside across the lake.

The Stanley Hotel, designed and constructed by F. O. Stanley, inventor of the photographic process used by Kodak and of the Stanley Steamer automobile, was completed in 1909. The hotel is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places and was the inspiration for author Stephen King's thrilling novels, "The Shining" and "Pet Semetary". The 1997 television miniseries version of "The Shining" was filmed on location at the Stanley Hotel.

Lake Estes is actually a reservoir formed by Olympus Dam. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation decided a dam on the Big Thompson River would be necessary to re-regulate a controlled rate of outflow for the Estes Park-Foothills power system.

Construction on the Olympus Dam began in the summer of 1947. By fall of the next year, the work was nearly complete. Reclamation began to fill Lake Estes in November 1948. The reservoir was officially named Lake Estes June 5, 1949.

Lake Estes is today a popular recreation site featuring boating, fishing and picnicking. The lake and surrounding area is also home to a variety of wildlife and waterfowl. The 3-3/4 mile Lake Estes Trail, which circles Lake Estes, is a popular and scenic trail for biking, hiking and jogging.



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Winter Storm Warning...

Winter Storm Warning

Monday,  April 23rd - Winter Storm Warning...

The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the mountains and foothills including the Drake, Glen Haven and Storm Mountain areas, in effect from midnight tonight through 6AM MST Wednesday.

WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

REMEMBER, A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

The complete text of this official weather warning can be found via the link provided below.

Winter Storm Warning



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Pasque Flower (Anemone Patens)

Pasque Flower (Anemone Patens)

Sunday,  April 22nd - Photo Of The Week...

Happy Earth Day! This week's photo features one of the beautiful Spring Wildflowers common on this part of the Earth, the Pasque Flower.

The Pasque Flower (Anemone Patens) is a deciduous perennial that is found in short clumps in meadows and prairies of North America

The Pasque flower has several stems that rise 6-8 inches off the ground. On each stem is one flower with 5-8 petals. The range of color in the petals is from dark lavender to almost white. In the center of the flower are yellow stamens. Below the flower, around the stem is a leaf covered in silky hairs, as is the rest of the plant. The fruit of the plant is a plum that is achenial, which means that one seed is attached to the ovary wall, like a strawberry seed.

In the spring, the Pasque Flower is densely covered with white silky hairs that look like an old mans beard. As the plant matures the stem elongates to about 14". The flower grows heavy and droops downward. There is a very noticeable circle of bracts around the stem below the flower. When the very narrowly divided basal leaves first appear, they are purplish in color.

The Pasque Flower is just as beautiful in seed, as it is in bloom. It looks like it has been given an electrical shock and is having a very bad hair day. It somewhat resembles what a Dandelion looks like when it goes to seed.


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