Red Rocks

I drove through Red Rocks Park, located west of Denver between the cities of Golden and Morrison, this past week, and ran across deer crossing the road, as seen in the photograph above. Red Rocks is best known for its amphitheater, which hosts outdoor concerts in a spectacular setting. But it is also a park, owned by the City of Denver, that contains a whole series of hiking trails running through the foothills of the Rockies. Which is why it is host to a variety of wildlife, including these deer. I have also driven around Red Rocks during the summer, and for the benefit of tourists, when there are no concerts going on, they blast rock and roll music out of the amphitheater's speakers at the volume of a jet aircraft taking off. And not surprisingly, I have never seen any deer around when that is happening. I suspect they must all head up into the mountains, and only come back when they read in the paper that concert season is finally over. I don't blame them in the least.