Headwaters of the Big Thompson River. Seventy-eightmiles to go til it reaches the South Platte River. The South Platte empties into the Missouri River, which in turn empties into the Mississippi River.
Looking west across Moraine Park, with the river flowing towards the camera.
The Big Thompson descends out of Moraine Park.
Watch the light descend from Stones Peak and the mountains on the Continental Divide, down into Moraine Park in Rocky Mountain National Park.
While I was shooting the time-lapse movie above, there was plenty to look at on the ground:
"Shooting Star", Dodecatheon pulchellum.
"Western Blue Flag", or Mountain Iris.
Lookiing West across Moraine Park.
