Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

There are two parts to this Meetup.

The first part is capturing photographs in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. The Refuge has an 11-mile Wildlife Drive and over 20 miles of hiking trails providing many opportunities to photograph the natural environment, including bison, deer, coyotes, prairie dogs, and a variety of raptors and waterfowl. On Sunday October 19, we will meet at 4:00 pm outside the entrance to the Visitors Center (6550 Gateway Road, Commerce City, CO 80022 ). We will separate, or form smaller groups, and set out to find interesting images in our vehicles along the Wildlife Drive, or by hiking along the many trails. At 6:00 pm we will re-group at the Visitors Center and end the outing with a tailgate beer or drink. With the current shutdown, the park is open but the Visitors Center is closed.

For the second part we will meet at 5:30 pm on the following Thursday (October 23) in north Golden (in a commercial office facility near the intersection of Hwy 93 and Golden Gate Canyon Rd). The meeting is to review our images; there is no scoring or judging, just opportunity to provide constructive feedback to improve our images. The focus is our creativity, not technical minutia although feedback of how to improve technically to capture better images is welcomed. I will provide the building address on Sunday during the photo outing.

There is a $ 5.00 fee to join the Meetup which is limited to 8 participants.

Only RSVP “yes” if you can join both parts of the Meetup. You are welcome to contact me if you have any questions ([robertcooke@icloud.com](mailto:robertcooke@icloud.com)).