Category: hikes
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Hiking Again
Of course, I never stopped hiking, though it kind of felt like I did because I used to go every other week of so. I just got really, really cold and uncomfortable last time at Sweetwater Creek, AND I have been super busy/stressed with work, so I took a little break. But this week, I…
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Slow Hiking
I like a slow hike. Sometimes when I hike with my hiking club, everyone goes so fast I feel I don’t get to see everything I could. Like, there could be a deer or a fantastic bird or snake, and everyone just rushes on by. I prefer a slower pace. I like to take my…
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Hiking
There’s something I love about rising early on Sunday morning and driving out of the city. I love the way the sunrise catches in the reflective windows of the tall office buildings. No big trucks or work crews are rushing off anywhere. No race car wannabes are weaving in and out of traffic trying to…
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Morning on the Mountain Top
I got up before daybreak so I could join a few other crazies and be up on this chunk of mountain to see the sun rise. Unfortunately, the morning was overcast so we didn’t see any sun, just the gradual lightening of the sky. The lights of the city blazed on the westward side of…
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Forward and Back Again
I was twelve and thirteen and fourteen when I stood on the low wall in my backyard with my arms folded along the top of the taller wooden fence, dreaming. Ours was the last street in the development, and I looked out across the wasteland we called “mesa” at the back of house toward the…
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A Pipe and a Hike
Well, the week wasn’t–thank goodness–dominated by this massive pipe replacement although it was not something I loved paying to replace. Old houses have these hefty troubles from time to time. Still, I prefer an old house. The book “Remarkably Bright Creatures” was a joy to read. I know it sounds like a crazy premise for…
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Cloudland
It has to be a crazy kind of person who wakes up at 6 a.m. on a Saturday and drives two hours to hike in 30 degree weather. Well, that was me! And I wasn’t the only one. There were 12 of us kindred enthusiasts yesterday. When we got out of our various vehicles, little…