On Sabbath, June 9, I went with friends to Garden of the Gods, one of our favorite parks nearby.

James, visiting from Australia, and my housemate Hernando:



Having fun with Erin:



Me at Devil's Smokestack:



This looked more impressive in real life:



A view of the interesting rock textures:



Jason and Erin found a couple of these lizards:



Our group — above: Hernando, Olen, Jason, James; below: Michelle, Kalie, Daniel, Klara, Erin, Eva:

On Monday, June 4, there was a beautiful sunset that lasted quite a while. I didn't have my camera with me at the start of it, so I missed some. But here is one of the better photos that I caught. I especially liked how the small clouds in the foreground were tinged with red all around; the red lining was more intense when I first saw it, but by the time I reached a place where I had a clear line of sight, it had faded a bit.