Stop to view the flowers

Are you ready for the Tour? That's the Tour de Fleur, a wildflower tour of Colorado State Parks. The Parks Department came up with the catchy name to publicize wild wildflower shows at 21 parks throughout the state.

The Tour features eight wildflowers and bookmarks featuring the flowers at each of the participating parks. Go to www.parks.state.co.us, click on Tour de Fleur and print a wildflower map.

So far, we've only seen the pasque flower at higher elevations. Let us know which flowers you've seen in your favorite park or wild area.