1. Longs Peak Looking back at the Narrows

2. Longs Peak Looking west from the top of the peak

3. Steamboat Springs The scenery in the surrounding countryside includes some interesting rock formations

4. Wildlife This cow elk was grazing in a field across the road from the Safeway in Estes Park.

5. Colorado : Mesa Verde National Park This photo by Betsy Malloy shows how the stone dwellings were constructed under a cliff.

6. Colorado Photo Gallery: Mesa Verde National Park

7. Colorado:Grand County Byers Canyon is a short and scenic drive

8. Montana: Glacier National Park

9. Wyoming: Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone Park is home to spectacular scenery, wildlife, and more geysers and hot springs than any other area of the world.

10. Wyoming: Yellowstone National Park Old Faithful Old Faithful, from the National Park Service historical photograph collection Earthquakes effect thermal activity in the park. The geyser does not go off as predictably as it once did

11. Washington State: Mount Adams from Pinto Rock in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.©Scott Levy

12. Mount St. Helens from Windy Ridge on an early July morning. ©John Marshall