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According to the website, many thousands of years ago, a huge sea covered much of what is now Colorado. Sediment from the bottom of that ancient sea settled, hardened and formed both red and white horizontal sandstone. The same uplifting event that pushed Pikes Peak to all its grandeur also tipped the rocks on their sides. During the Pleistocene Ice Age, glacial forces helped erode and carve the rocks into the amazing sandstone formations you see today. The park is free and the land had been donated to be free and open to the public.

I love to tell stories. About twenty years ago I had my first freelance travel article accepted by a magazine. Much to my surprise, the magazine expected photos along with words. I had not taken any during the preliminary work for my article. I drove back to the site and took the photos for the article with my little Olympus digital camera. The article was published with those very amateur photos. In time, I bought an Olympus OMD-EM5, a great camera for nature and travel photographers and discovered that I enjoyed telling stories with pictures more than I did with words. The last twenty year have been an incredibly exciting time as resources for photographers have exploded. I have been lucky enough to have some great teachers along the way...