Photo of the day

Today’s photo of the day was actually taken last week, but since I posted a group these images over on my journal I decided that I would add a photo of the day over here as a pointer. Quote for the day – thrown in as a bonus. To love beauty is to see light. […]

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Saturday, after I realized that it would be fruitless to try and get to the top of the mountain, I decided that I could still get a reasonable workout by hiking the connecting trail for a couple of hours.  It’s amazing how much one is slowed down by trying to hike through 3 or 4 […]

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This first photo is the preface to the second, taken three days later, on Monday, October 28.  I knew that the forecast for the Pacific Northwest was for clear skies for the entire time I would be there and this first view from the window of my plane on Friday, October 25 planted the seed […]

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I used my tram pass to hike the upper trails prior to my big weekend of hiking, did a quick 4 miles and was able to sit and watch the sun set from 10,000 feet. For a bit of interesting perspective, the mountain 5 years ago was covered in fresh snow and I took off […]

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The mountain is almost devoid of bright color, especially since we have had little snow and no rain this spring. The cactus are still the bright spots on the lower mountain. Tucked away under a larger Cholla Cactus, the hedgehog lives, in and out of the sun.

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