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Shital Morjaria (she/her)'s avatar

Love the window shot on the back side of the cabin!

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Rachel Jeffrey's avatar

Thanks Shital!

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Laura Lollar's avatar

Beautiful photos! Those old abandoned cabins are great fun to capture. What must it have been like to have lived at 11,000 feet back in those days!

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Rachel Jeffrey's avatar

Trying to survive a winter at 11,000 feet - brutal. That's all I could think about too!

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Edward Goode's avatar

I love those old buildings found around the mountains. I always would wonder about what stories still lingered from whoever had used them.

Beautiful photos - thank you for sharing!

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Rachel Jeffrey's avatar

Absolutely! Apparently there is history with this area: https://www.backpacker.com/trips/trips-by-state/colorado-trails/hike-boston-mine-colorado/

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Glenn Cook's avatar

Beautiful work!

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Rachel Jeffrey's avatar

Thanks Glenn!

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Ahalya Wise's avatar

Ooooh! That’s my kinda vacation. Such views.

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Rachel Jeffrey's avatar

Thanks Ahalya. It was certainly a summer of views!

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Michael's avatar

Love the first window shot. Makes me miss Colorado terribly!

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Rachel Jeffrey's avatar

Thanks Michael! If I didn't love her, I would miss it too! This is definitely my forever home 😍

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Rachel Jeffrey's avatar

*live here* oof

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Mark Foard's avatar

Beautiful collection of photos. I really like the window shot and the b & w edit was a good choice.

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Rachel Jeffrey's avatar

Thanks Mark - I appreciate the kind words!

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EuphmanKB's avatar

I can smell the views. Thank you for the memories.

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Rachel Jeffrey's avatar

You're welcome! The smell of pines, especially when they're wet with snow, is incredible!

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Ken Barber's avatar

I've been there a coupla times. Here in my Substack (scroll down to the bottom)

https://kenbarber.substack.com/p/gold-mines-of-the-rockies

and here:

https://kenbarber.substack.com/p/a-few-days-with-my-son-243

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Rachel Jeffrey's avatar

Love it! I'm so glad to see other people's photos from the same place I've been! ❤️ Thank you for sharing (and thanks for the restack).

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Sarah Best's avatar

Wow!

The window shot from inside is incredible (and all of them are fabulous).

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Rachel Jeffrey's avatar

Thanks Sarah!

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Charlie Borland's avatar

Looks like a great photo adventure.

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Rachel Jeffrey's avatar

Thanks Charlie!

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KewtieBird’s Photo Journey's avatar

Love the framing you did with that cool old cabin. Beautiful scenes.

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Rachel Jeffrey's avatar

Thank you!

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Maybe: Tyler's avatar

the window shots are everything

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Rachel Jeffrey's avatar

Thank you!

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Ryan Fonkert's avatar

My girls and I did that hike a couple years ago and love it. It's so beautiful back there.

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Rachel Jeffrey's avatar

That's a great hike for kids, especially with the payoff at the end. I can imagine in full summer, no snow, that kids could run around like crazy!

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Cheryl Rutledge-Brennecke's avatar

Seeing snow is so strange this time of year!

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Rachel Jeffrey's avatar

It was a month ago, so definitely less snow now. Spring is much later in the mountains than I ever remember 😂

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Marcia Storm's avatar

My thoughts on the “tiny jagged mountains”: those look like baby Tetons! And then I read your comment of basically the same. It’s fun to share a thought, even virtually. My favorite image? Where your father in law was seen in the window. He made the images seem more possible for human activity that had once been there. Pulling up anchor is SO SOOOO HARD!!

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