Steamboat Pilot & Today

The evenings are starting to feel a little colder in the Yampa Valley, but there still are plenty of colorful flowers in full bloom thanks to the warm summer days and some recent moisture in Steamboat Springs. Photo by John F. Russell

Mountain bluebirds ready to fly from nesting box in our yard. Submitted by: Phylis Moss

Black-headed grosbeak taken from our dining room window. Submitted by: Phylis Moss

American goldfinch in lodgepole pine taken from our dining room window. Submitted by: Phylis Moss

Christine Andrew of Kansas City, Mo., and Brett Ellis of Jackson, Wyo. Rabbit ears at Rabbit Ears. Submitted by: Stephanie Ellis

Steve Light, political scientist and co-director of the Institute for the Study of Tribal Gaming Law & Policy at the University of North Dakota

Fawn in my backyard. Submitted by: Josie Fratus

Fawn in my backyard. Submitted by: Josie Fratus

Fawn in my backyard. Submitted by: Josie Fratus

Routt County's John "Doc" Daughenbach says the Pledge of Allegiance atPresident Barack Obama's grass-roots rally at Grand Junction High School. More than 20 people from Steamboat Springs attended the event. Submitted by: Dylan Roberts

On my way to Emerald. Submitted by: Joanne Schell

Sunset over Sleeping Giant. Submitted by: Kathleen Walsh

Christian Ramirez is a camp counselor for the Boys & Girls Club of Steamboat Springs. The kids spent the afternoon Thursday playing at the Old Town Hot Springs. Submitted by: Shannon Lukens

Texan Bryce Zimmerman, center, hauls in a silver salmon Tuesday at Big River Lake in Alaska. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

A plane awaits on the banks of Big River Lake in Alaska. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

A bear gets up close and personal Tuesday at Big River Lake in Alaska. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Fishing on Alaska's Big River Lake was good Tuesday, yielding several dozen silver salmon to a handful of boats of fishermen and women. Larry Reichenberger/courtesy

Ben Stimmel guides a fishing trip on Big River Lake on Tuesday in Alaska. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Larry Reichenberger, Eric Reichenberger, Susie Reichenberger and Joel Reichenberger show off a portion of the salmon caught in an afternoon at Big River Lake in Alaska. Courtesy

Crevices stretch across a glacier in Alaska. A low-altitude flyover of the glacier was part of the turn trip on a High Adventure Air Charters fly-in fishing trip to Big River Lake. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

A High Adventures Air Charters pilot takes aim at his lake landing strip Tuesday in Alaska. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

A fishing boat flies across Alaska's Big River Lake on Tuesday. High Adventure Charters is one of several outfitters to offer fly-in fishing and bear viewing trips to the secluded lake. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Our neighborhood fox. Submitted by: Daniel Tullos

Our neighborhood fox. Submitted by: Daniel Tullos

Our neighborhood fox. Submitted by: Daniel Tullos

Our neighborhood fox catching mice in my yard. Submitted by: Daniel Tullos

Bear in a pond in our backyard. Submitted by: Josie Fratus

Buck in our backyard. Submitted by: Josie Fratus

Flaming Gorge sunset. Submitted by: Julie

Clouds over the mountain. Submitted by: Kathleen Walsh

WAR is set to play the fifth installment in the Steamboat Free Summer Concert Series on Friday night at Howelsen Hill. The show starts at about 6 p.m. LIFT-UP of Routt County will be accepting nonperishable food items. Courtesy photo

South Africa's Johnny Clegg fuses world African beats with a message of world peace and hope in his Strings Music Festival Different Tempo performance at 8 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $47 and are available at www.stringsmusicfestival.com or by calling 970-879-5056. Robert Oettle/courtesy

Jessica Garrow, University of Colorado Board of Regents candidate, Congressional District 3, spoke at Off the Beaten Bath Bookstore on Sunday. She is sitting with Routt County Commissioner Diane Mitsch Bush.