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Rich creek trail loop — Rich Creek & Rough and Tumble Loop, Buffalo Peaks Wilderness COHiking · Colorado · Jul 2016

Rich Creek & Rough and Tumble Loop, Buffalo Peaks Wilderness CO

I found myself back in the Buffalo Peaks Wilderness area again on Monday. I had been there before but I had hiked in from the opposite end on the… Hoover dam az — Hoover Dam, Arizona - GalleryTravel · Arizona · Nov 2012

Hoover Dam, Arizona - Gallery

 A vintage black-and-white photo of three men in suits, cropped wide, from a 1950s family portraitLife · Sep 2015

A rant about the Veterans Administration

 Lake ann — Lake Ann, Winfield COHiking · Colorado · Jul 2016

Lake Ann, Winfield CO

 La Plata Peak's rocky summit rising above a forested valley, framed by a tall pine in the foregroundHiking · Colorado · Aug 2016

La Plata Gulch Trail, Collegiate Peaks Wilderness CO
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