Hiking in the Zapata
A hundred year-old log fence runs through a field grown thick with native grasses.
Picture of South Zapata Creek water falls.
Storm clouds produce rays of sunlight across highway 150 a roadway flanking the San Luis Valley and Sangre de Cristo mountains.
Two people stand atop a sand dune at dusk at close by Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado
Big Bear Road autumn scenic showing cottonwood trees in fall colors.
Autumn scenic showing cottonwood trees in fall colors.
A small mountain stream runs through the Zapata subdivision during spring runoff.
Prickly Pear cactus in bloom
Lenticular clouds hover over the Sangre de Cristo mountains of Southern Colorado.
North Zapata Creek during a spring snowstorm.
Zapata spring snowstorm with old farm implement
Rail fence along Zapata's Lake of the Falls road after a snow storm.
Cottonwoods bow to winter
Pair of Great-Horned owl fledglings perched in a nearby tree.
A heavily spotted mule deer fawn in tall grasses are frequently seen throughout southern Colorado's Zapata community in the early days of summer.
Peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains bathed in evening light as seen northward of the Zapata Community.
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve at dusk during a sundown illumination of a rainstorm moving amidst dunes.
Sunsets like this are common in the San Luis Valley year round.
A large mule deer buck rests during the rut.
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