Pictures taken on top of Hogback Ridge
in Lathrop State Park, Walsenburg, Colorado

Cactus in the rocks on top of the ridge

View of The Spanish Peaks from top of ridge.  The Spanisk Peaks were known by the natives as Wahatolla, (Wa Ha Toy Yah), which translated means, "The Breasts of the Earth.

A really cool tree growing on the top of the ridge

Another view of the same cool tree  : ) There are many trees like these in the area.

Close up of a Dragonfly, pic taken on trail up to Hogback Ridge

Little Dan, Danella, Mark, and Ma in front of the sandstone
rocks on the trail up to Hogback Ridge

Rock on top of Hogback Ridge, North side of Ridge

Another view of The Spanish Peaks

Pa, Little Dan, Danella, and Mark on the top of Hogback Ridge

Looking down from the top of Hogback Ridge

Looking down at the campground from on top of the ridge. The rock on the left
is the same rock as in the pitcure above, I am sitting on the rock taking this picture.

A cool view from on top of the ridge

And another cool view

This is a velvet ant, I nick named it the "Pom Pom Ant" because of the two velvety red primary body parts. The velvet ant is not really an ant at all, but a specie of female wasp. The females do not fly, and the males spend their day flying along the ground looking for females. Although until we reached Colorado, we had never seen one of these, but on a typical hike if you are watching the ground you will see many of them.

Close up of the Velvet Ant, AKA, Pom Pom Ant, LOL