Hiking is my other hobby. Do you love hiking too? There is so much of the spiritual life in the world of the wilds … and, to be honest, the adventurer in me just won’t let me stop looking for what’s around the next bend in the trail. Running water has always spoken to me of eternity.
My hiking group and I have gone a lot of places in Wyoming and Colorado, and I’ve solved a lot of the problems of being a woman of my era while walking beside not-always like minded people.
And above we are at Colorado National Monument. The story about that hike was called The Grandma War.
My father was a great one for hiking and for going out in the wilds in a canoe as well. I like to think about him when I’m out there. I think I inherited this from him. The desire to be in wild places, walking to see what I can see. I wonder what you, reader, find to feel and see when you’re out there?
First of all, for our planned climb, here are basic stats on the Mt. Fuji Yoshida trail from the 5th station. Elevation gain: 5,200 feet. Trail length: 11.5 miles, with the first four miles encompassing the entire elevation gain and the last 7 and a half being downhill. The idea came from my daughter who’s
Have I ever mentioned that I am perhaps a bit stubborn and a bit slow to change directions? There’s an axiom from the world of commodities and stocks: Your first loss is your best loss. Which is another way of saying “don’t throw good money after bad.” That came up while hiking in the rain
What is it? The hiking trails at Arapaho Bend rate as “pretty amazing, considering where they’re located,” to me. Arapaho Bend is one of Fort Collins many Natural Areas. The trail loop network runs a total distance of 4 miles. These trails loop around ponds created from abandoned gravel pits. Hikers, boaters, horsemen and runners
Now it is Friday and the meetup hiking cabin trip is in the past. The wooden cabin covered with snow, the kitchen with pans and gadgets and dull knives and a big table in the middle with benches like in a lumber camp that sits eight, it’s history. How did it go, my friends asked
