View from Cheaha
Cheaha State Park affords views unparalleled for the region. This state park is truly vertical, showing off a spur of rock rising well above the valleys below. The Pinhoti Trail follows its top.
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Tag: nature
The Maroon Bells
A day hike at White River National Forest near Aspen led me to this beauty spot, the Maroon Bells the focal point of the hike up the valley.
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The Mangrove
At the very end of the Main Park Road in Everglades National Park, I captured this lone mangrove just offshore from the wrack line along Florida Bay.
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Once in a Blue Moon
In Big Cypress, a full moon means savoring the mystery of the swamps brushed by moonlight, the cypress domes aglow, the night air filled with chirps and squawks.
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Okeechobee Inspiration
On the Big O Hike, I can unplug. No computer tether for ten days, no cell phone til afternoons, awakening before dawn every morning to enjoy the zen of walking.
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Hiking a Snail’s Pace
On a guided hike out of Montreat, NC I happened across this snail, a flicker of movement among the mosses draped over fallen logs on Big Butt Mountain.
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White Pelicans
Today, Paynes Prairie and the air around it was filled with white birds. Pelicans! Hundreds of them! Wood storks, herons, and egrets too. Quite the gathering.
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In Patagonia
Serendipity touched my sendoff to Patagonia. In the lobby, Tim Cahill was also waiting for his adventure, and I listened to his advice on Patagonia over coffee.
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