Postcards – Page 2 – Jon Pinnow

El Huerfano

A stark and lonely outcrop that never erupted.

A Colorado Postcard, from Colorado Public Radio

Convergence in Crestone

The journey begins at the end of the road.

A Colorado Postcard, from Colorado Public Radio

The Johnstown meteorite

It could’ve been the end of the world.

A Colorado Postcard, from Colorado Public Radio

Beasts of burden

Call them burros, donkeys, jacks and jennys …

A Colorado Postcard, from Colorado Public Radio

Elvis eats the sandwich

A heaping hunk of peanut butter, bacon & blueberry jam.

A Colorado Postcard, from Colorado Public Radio

Beneath his gruff exterior

Lon Chaney reminds us: “the lowest types of humanity may have within them the capacity for supreme self-sacrifice.”

A Colorado Postcard, from Colorado Public Radio

Summer hummers

On nature’s diminutive stunt pilots

A Colorado Postcard, from Colorado Public Radio

The Grandest Mesa

It’s the largest flat-topped mountain the world

A Colorado Postcard, from Colorado Public Radio

Nothing gold can stay

The collective glory of a golden stand of aspens explained

A Colorado Postcard, from Colorado Public Radio

Enos Mills

aka the “Father of Rocky Mountain National Park”

A Colorado Postcard, from Colorado Public Radio