After a few weeks of being cooped up in the house with a broken leg, I was so glad a friend called to take a ride into the mountains to see the turning of the aspen trees.
![Aspen Trees Turning to Gold](http://romanoproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Aspentreesturningtogold_photo1.jpg)
We ended up at Cottonwood Pass on the Continental Divide. Here I am with my broken leg!
![Cottonwood Pass – Continental Divide](http://romanoproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Cottonwoodpass_continentaldivide_photo2.jpg)
At one of our photo stops near the end of the day, another photographer we met along the roadside invited us to visit the fishing lodge he was staying at.
![Rainbow Lake at Sunset](http://romanoproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Rainbowlakeatsunset_photo7.jpg)
It made for a nice peaceful finish to our day.
![Friendly Duck](http://romanoproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Friendlyduck_photo3.jpg)
Below is how the day progressed.
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