Confessions of a Serial Hobbyist
This week I thought I might talk about the menu for my upcoming trip. Which got me thinking of the time, several years ago, that I created freeze-dried dinners for nine people for five...
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Mark’s Photos #7
It was mid-June of 2022 and I was in northern Massachusetts hiking the Appalachian Trail. For most of the afternoon I had been climbing 3,489 foot Mt. Greylock, the highest peak in the state,...
Right Knee Injury
“ …Leg bone connected to the knee bone, Knee bone connected to the thigh bone…” These two verses, from the classic 1928 gospel song, “ Dem Bones,” give me a perfect introduction to my...
Mark’s Photos #6
The hottest section of the Arizona Trail (AZT) is arguably a 60-mile stretch just north of the small town of Oracle. Being the hottest is saying something, on a trail that is known for...
Bears!
I couldn’t believe it, but there they were. The grizzly sow and her cub had just come over the rise in the trail in front of us, not 30 feet away. The mom was...
Mark’s Photos #5
It was April first of 2021 and I was training for my upcoming hike on the Continental Divide Trail. On the day of this photo I was doing a 20 mile hike starting in...
4 responses to “Mark’s Photos #5”
Beautiful!
Thanks, Sue. It really was a kind of magical sunrise.
Clouds! They explode the sunset in California each evening when they show up, which they don’t always do. Or do in the extreme (cloud cover). As a kid/adult my favorite colors were the combo of red, orange, and yellow. Sunrise! Sunset!
There is nothing like a good sunrise to make my day.