Photo of the day

Fabulous day, clear sky, mild temps, hiking without having to carry tons of extra clothes, just in case… And the pink from two weeks ago, today has turned white. While along the deep forested trail sunlight singles out the wildflowers against the dark backdrop of the woods. I was hiking with the guy who I […]

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I thought about hiking up to the top of the Sandias this weekend but a quick check of the weather put an end to that thinking, primarily because of the forecast for high winds. Where we live, at the edge of a canyon, that usually means that the winds will really be high, and if […]

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started with the top down and headed out to one of the Mrs’s favorite hiking spots. First we did breakfast then a couple mile hike to a “warm pool” where we hung out for about an hour and a half. After the hike back out we decided to head on around the big loop in […]

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I met a guy on the trail last week and we talked for a few minutes and walked together for a while. However I got distracted sooner or later by taking photos and the like and didn’t see him for the rest of the hike. When I got to the summit, there he was, about […]

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Five and a half hours, a little over 7 miles and 4,200 feet uphill. Most of the photo action was at the base of the mountain, where the wildflowers were starting welcome the spring. It seems only yesterday that I was trudging through the snow at the summit of the mountain. Today, at the summit, […]

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