An unseasonably warm and sunny day for our off-trail adventure. Still a fair amount of autumn colors, and the magnificence of the rock cliffs, boulders, … Read more...

With a winter storm due this weekend, we got to bask in the warm sunshine on our off-trail excursion. The magnificence of Nature was on … Read more...

Warm and sunny for our off-trail adventure. The deep blue skies, stillness, solitude, soaring birds and cliffs, ancient trees, and abundance of Nature energies offered … Read more...

Shorts and tee shirts on Oct. 14th. Wow! The weather mirrored the beauty of Nature on our off-trail excursion.

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Windy but warm enough for shorts and tee shirt even this late in the season. Skies are clearer than in the past month, but still … Read more...

Sunny and seasonally warm for our off-trail adventure. The magnificence of Nature is everywhere in the backcountry, and the stillness and solitude were deeply nourishing.… Read more...

After four months and a week, finally got into the backcountry today. How wondrous to be immersed in the glory of Nature!

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Our hike was on a National Forest trail with huge Ponderosa pines, Douglas and White fir, junipers, cottonwoods, and a few wildflowers. There was some … Read more...

A very strenuous and somewhat frightening, for me, ascent to the cliffs today. Lots of scrambling, some rock climbing, and searches for handholds.

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Sunny and relatively warm for today’s off-trail excursion. We took a longer route, and got to see some blooming wild and cactus flowers, lichens, and … Read more...