We rarely get morning rainbows; we rarely get morning rain (and even more rarely with sunshine).
Along with a lot of rain the last few days (about 2.56″), we’ve had a lot of sunshine.
This IS Colorado, after all!
Yeah, so THIS happened yesterday morning!
The cottonwoods along Disappointment Creek are starting to glow gold. And yes, it was sprinkling through the sunshine, which brought the magic. (The above pix are looking west; sun rising behind me above the rain clouds.)
Wonder what it looked like back to the east? Here ya go! A lot different, eh? The sun was rising to upper right. This is Disappointment Road/Road 19Q looking toward Spring Creek Basin (not the road TO the basin).
Now I’m at 19Q looking west up Road K20W (not to be confused with K20E(ast) to Spring Creek Basin).
The sign struck me as funny under the rainbow. I mean, really, do you need a destination when the treasure is right in front of you??
Here we are at Road K20E looking eastish/southeastish toward Spring Creek Basin as the storm was passing to the north. (Sorry about the crazy glare-arrow; my phone’s camera lens is cracked.) Don’t make the mistake of driving this road for at least a few days! The cottonwoods at right line Disappointment Creek, which, yep, was running!
The rainbow (at least the main one) lasted somewhat longer than 30 minutes?!
It.
Was.
EXCEPTIONAL!
And when it finally faded, little curtains of rain were still moving south to north across the eastern(ish) part of the valley.
A person can never have too much magic in their lives. 🙂
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 
My goodness, TJ, the magic just keep coming! A beautiful archway rainbow beckoning you to enter and beautiful clouds and beautiful rain. What a strange and amazing October this has been! I envy you getting to watch all of this drama unfold in person but am grateful you can share it with us in your wonderful photos!
Kat had the best title when I texted her: “Embracing Disappointment”! But I didn’t want to steal it in case she wants to use it for a forthcoming essay (her book, The Last Cows, is available Nov. 1!!!). 🙂 But your comment is basically the same! We sure have had some magic recently!
Gorgeous rainbows TJ, what a treat to see! 🌈
So wild to see that. It was absolutely killing me not to have horses to photograph under that magnificence! Ha! 🙂
WOW! What a perfect rainbow!
Absolute perfection – except the aforementioned lack of mustangs in the area to be photographed under the rainbow. 😉 It also would have encompassed Utah’s La Sal Mountains on the northwestern horizon … but they were completely socked in by their own storm!
This image makes me want to break out in a chorus of Somewhere Over The Rainbow!!
Don’t hold back. 🙂 Seriously, never miss a chance to belt out Judy’s/Dorothy’s iconic ballad: https://youtu.be/PSZxmZmBfnU
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Fabulousity indeed! No ordinary word would be enough to describe this magic! Thank you, TJ!!!
I quite agree. 🙂 Happy to share! 😉