A trip to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

We took a short trip out to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge this afternoon. It's less than half an hour drive from downtown Denver (just a little over 11 miles away) and a great stop for a leisurely afternoon walk or hike. I'm pretty familiar with the Arsenal from the air because we photograph it monthly as part of my aerial survey job, but I was impressed by the scale of the place on the ground (27 square miles!). Here's a photo of part of the arsenal from the air this summer:


On the drive towards the visitor center we were greeted by two impressive bucks and their friends:

We're pretty sure this was a bald eagle:

photos by Nathan Abels