What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
~John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Nature
Fall Hiking Season is Here!
The air is cooler, the visibility from the summits are usually better than in the summer, and the leaves on the trees can make the trail glow as if it was on fire.
Friday Photo – October 13, 2017
We have not wings we cannot soar; but, we have feet to scale and climb, by slow degrees, by more and more, the cloudy summits of our time.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Friday Photo – September 29, 2017
Cairns represent a trail marker that guides one through uncertain areas in life. They provide guidance, hope, balance, continuity, and confidence on the journey down the path of life.
~John P. Kraemer
Friday Photo – September 22, 2017
There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be. It’s easy.
~The Beatles – All You Need Is Love
Friday Photo – September 8, 2017
…And I wanna sleep with you in the desert tonight, with a billion stars all around.
~The Eagles – Peaceful Easy Feeling
Friday Photo – September 1, 2017
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
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
I HIKE FAR (do you?) 