The wild ram embodies the mystery and magic of the mountains, the rocky canyons, the snowy peaks, the sweet, clean air of the high places, and the sense of being alone on the top of the world with the eagles, the marmots, and the wild sheep themselves.
~Jack O’Connor
Author: HikeFar
Friday Photo – August 25, 2017
Sun is shinin’ in the sky, there ain’t a cloud in sight, it’s stopped raining, everybody’s in a play, and don’t you know it’s a beautiful new day.
~Electric Light Orchestra – Mr. Blue Sky
Friday Photo – August 18, 2017
Wars will never cease, is there time enough for peace, the lily of the valley doesn’t know…
~Freddie Mercury – Lily of the Valley
Friday Photo – August 11, 2017
The actual flower is the plant’s highest fulfillment, and are not here exclusively for herbaria, county floras and plant geography: they are here first of all for delight.
~John Ruskin
It’s HOT Outside But I Still Wanna Hike
There have been a lot of incidents recently where hikers have gone missing on trails that are known to be very warm in the summertime. With the proper preparations you can prevent these kinds of problems from happening to you.
Hiking in HOT Weather
Friday Photo – August 4, 2017
Keep looking up! I learn from the past, dream about the future and look up. There’s nothing like a beautiful sunset to end a healthy day.
~Rachel Boston
Friday Photo – July 28, 2017
These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.
~Claude Monet
Friday Photo – July 21, 2017
Gie me a spark o’ Nature’s fire, / That’s a’ the learning I desire.
~Robert Burns
Friday Photo – July 14, 2017
But love is much like a dam; if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the whole structure and soon no one will be able to control the force of the current.
~Paulo Coelho
Friday Photo – July 7, 2017
I’m a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.
~Mike Tyson
I HIKE FAR (do you?) 