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A wide alpine valley view with layered mountain peaks and scattered clouds beyond a forested ridgeHiking · Colorado · Aug 2016

Avalanche Trailhead - Colorado Trail, Buena Vista CO

A steep climb up the Colorado Trail from the Avalanche Trailhead - 3.65 miles one way with 2700+ feet of elevation gain to a 12,054' ridge, and a chance meeting with a pair of 68-year-old thru-hikers. Cactus flower — The desert bloomsTravel · Arizona · Mar 2016

The desert blooms

 Teddy lying on a bed chewing a pink stuffed toy, surrounded by other plush animalsLife · Arizona · Feb 2018

Valley Fever and Teddy

 Cape Blanco Lighthouse and its attached keeper's quarters on a grassy bluff under clear blue skyTravel · Oregon · Sep 2019

Cape Blanco State Park, Port Orford, Oregon

 Hawaii — Turning 50 in Hawaii - Week 2Travel · Hawaii · Nov 2015

Turning 50 in Hawaii - Week 2
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A grassy field with distant mountains, seen on a summer motorcycle ride Travel · Kentucky · Sep 5, 2023 Where did the summer go? Go there →