Walking nature trails is my FAVORITE exercise!
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Toronto has a whole bunch of trails and it's been fun stumbling on them as I've increased the length and duration of my walks. I'd eventually like to tackle all of these: https://trca.ca/conservation/watershed-management/don-river/watershed-features/. So far, I've been focused on the Beltline and Mud Creek Ravine.5
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This is the section of Pacific Crest Trail I'm responsible for maintenance of. Everything between Harts and Grasshopper Passes.
Here's the same trail in the spring - the snow melted early this year and I was able to get up there in June. Next spring I need to go explore those meadows down below, they're calling out to me. A friend warned me that some of the terrain below is almost as pleasant as being mauled by a bear, but some things you just have to do.
Lupines are so charming. Wonder why they're named after wolves? (Canis lupis)
Paintbrush (the red flower) is actually a parasite, it robs other plants of nutrients.
Yours truly, in between clipping brush that was overgrowing the trail. With a leaky hydration pack.
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Pic from this morning's dawn two-miler at Gilbert Riparian Preserve. Nice and quiet there before sunrise!
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@NorthCascades Wow, your job is amazing. So much magnificent natural beauty. I imagine you are a very positive and happy person being in nature so often. And thanks! My hubby took that pic in Shenandoah National Park.
This thread is my new favorite!3 -
pyrusangeles wrote: »My hubby took that pic in Shenandoah National Park.
This thread is my new favorite!
Mine too!
We’re a stones throw from Shenandoah Nat’l Park - I bought the National Pass this year so we could explore more outside of Harper’s Ferry We’re only here for a “season” (not sure how long exactly, or where we’re going next) so we want to make sure we take advantage of the area... Natural Bridge and some of the caverns are on the list as well (I went 20+ years ago, but my husband and children have never been).
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pyrusangeles wrote: »@NorthCascades Wow, your job is amazing. So much magnificent natural beauty. I imagine you are a very positive and happy person being in nature so often. And thanks! My hubby took that pic in Shenandoah National Park.
This thread is my new favorite!
I've never been to Shenandoah, but every time it comes up I feel like I need to fix that, and you've maybe doubled that feeling! Hope you're enjoying it, sure looks like you are. 🙂1 -
Diatonic12 wrote: »
Where is this version of Shangri La?5 -
@NorthCascades WOWZERS!!!!1
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NorthCascades wrote: »jim_pipkin wrote: »Sycamore Point, outside Williams AZ
What a deep, wide canyon! People don't understand that the Grand Canyon is awesome and all, but there are so many other fantastic ones too.
There's a whole Spanish town lost in Sycamore Canyon somewhere, no joke! Spanish Crown settlers lived there in the mid-1700s, now nobody can find it...3 -
@moonangel12 That's so awesome! I'm super jealous. I live in flat, hot Florida. (I do enjoy it here, but it's a totally different kind of fun.) We took our Shenandoah trip early this month, and we stopped by Luray Caverns on the way out- touristy but still amazing. (Pic attached)
@NorthCascades I highly recommend it. Watch out for bears!
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That cave pic is AWESOME!2
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Potato-quality image from one of my hikes this summer in western Norway. There's not much that beats being up in the mountains here on a nice day.
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Roosevelt Lake from the ruins at Tonto Natl Monument, AZ
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I like running through the trails. Got together with some friends last night and ran through trails with our headlamps on.
Sometimes we also carry heavy stuff through the trails for a more vigorous workout.3 -
jim_pipkin wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »jim_pipkin wrote: »Sycamore Point, outside Williams AZ
What a deep, wide canyon! People don't understand that the Grand Canyon is awesome and all, but there are so many other fantastic ones too.
There's a whole Spanish town lost in Sycamore Canyon somewhere, no joke! Spanish Crown settlers lived there in the mid-1700s, now nobody can find it...
You're making me want to get out of heaven's waiting line (North Tucson) and do some three day trips to Northern AZ with your pics. I hope to have a lot more around Tucson this Fall and Winter. Sabino and Madeira Canyon are on the list soon. I'm trying to talk the wife into Bear Wallow up near Mt Lemmon this weekend to see the Fall foliage.3 -
This seems like a safe place to put these pix. This sweet little owl lost its way and was found on the sidewalk. Game and fish were called but it did fly up into a tree when they tried to help it. The magpies were bullying it and pecking at it on the sidewalk. As it was shielded and protected until the G & F arrived it looks like it literally smiled at the favor. Sometimes, nature will find you right where you're at. Critters make everything better.
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Diatonic12 wrote: »This seems like a safe place to put these pix. This sweet little owl lost its way and was found on the sidewalk. Game and fish were called but it did fly up into a tree when they tried to help it. The magpies were bullying it and pecking at it on the sidewalk. As it was shielded and protected until the G & F arrived it looks like it literally smiled at the favor. Sometimes, nature will find you right where you're at. Critters make everything better.
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Diatonic12 wrote: »This seems like a safe place to put these pix. This sweet little owl lost its way and was found on the sidewalk. Game and fish were called but it did fly up into a tree when they tried to help it. The magpies were bullying it and pecking at it on the sidewalk. As it was shielded and protected until the G & F arrived it looks like it literally smiled at the favor. Sometimes, nature will find you right where you're at. Critters make everything better.
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We did a cross country trip for the first time this summer (sadly my husband had to work so it was myself and the kiddos with my dad) - it was so exciting to see them exploring so many new things, and seeing areas of the country that they had only read about in books (we essentially followed the Lewis and Clark Trail through most of it). I grew up traveling all over the US, so I took it for granted... born in AZ, family coast to coast, north to south, moved to VA, then NC, now WV). I LOVE seeing all the different pics! Not sure if the OP intended for his thread to go that direction, but it is beautiful!3
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