View over Camden harbor and Penobscot Bay from a hilltop with red fall foliage A river winding through a valley of bright fall foliage in Shenandoah A turquoise alpine lake below jagged grey peaks on the Blue Lakes Trail
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A vivid turquoise alpine lake below a ring of steep, snow-patched peaks and scree slopes, with a bleached log at the water's edgeHiking · Colorado · Aug 2017

Blue Lakes Trail, Ridgway, Colorado

A spontaneous trip to the Telluride area turned up the Blue Lakes Trail in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness — a stunning turquoise alpine lake, and Teddy's first night ever sleeping in a tent. 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

 A vivid rainbow arcing over a forested hillside dotted with granite boulders and spruce treesHiking · Colorado · Jul 2017

Native Lake Trail, Leadville CO

 Poplar gulch trail — Poplar Gulch Trail, Saint Elmo COHiking · Colorado · Jul 2016

Poplar Gulch Trail, Saint Elmo CO

 A vivid turquoise alpine lake surrounded by pine trees and rugged mountains under a partly cloudy skyHiking · Colorado · Jun 2017

Alpine Tunnel and Lost Lake
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