I dearly love the canyon near my home.
Sometimes I don't get on my hiking boots until the evening.If the sun is setting, I select the trail running along the front side of the mountain.
I'm often rewarded by remarkable drama at the close of the day.
I met a man on Tuesday who is cataloging the old mining camps located high up on the canyon walls.
He took me up to THIS place:
No. It's NOT a child's tree fort.
The pine bark has grown fully around the nails on the far end of the platform.
This mining camp was built a long time ago.
My new historian friend believes that it's over 100 years old.
Today I hiked with VIPs who gathered to discuss the preservation of the canyon.
The local mayor, a state senator, the Forest Service Supervisor and some well-spoken supporters.
The pine bark has grown fully around the nails on the far end of the platform.
This mining camp was built a long time ago.
My new historian friend believes that it's over 100 years old.
Today I hiked with VIPs who gathered to discuss the preservation of the canyon.
The local mayor, a state senator, the Forest Service Supervisor and some well-spoken supporters.
We hiked up far enough to see this:
A healing balm to the soul.
NEXT POST: THREE DAYS WITH MY SIBS + THEIR KIDS
Yes. All these people are descendents of my parents or spouses of descendents.
How did THAT happen?!
NEXT POST: THREE DAYS WITH MY SIBS + THEIR KIDS
Yes. All these people are descendents of my parents or spouses of descendents.How did THAT happen?!
2 comments:
Your shots of the canyon are always breathtaking. You have a great eye, and a great camera. I worry about you meeting some stranger on the path and letting him lead you up into the mountain, though - he coulda been a bad guy. I am tons grateful that he was just interesting instead. Mining in the mountains - can't have been all that rewarding, I think, for most. I was trying to tell which senator you were with in the group - but I only really know one. You want to save the canyon; I want to save the agricultural lands. I laugh when people think it's a political thing, trying to save the gifts of God - republicans like me do it all the time.
Oh my heavens! Those photos. Just gorgeous!
I thought the same thing as Kristen. Oh Ginger be careful! I worry about you hiking alone....
I do understand though. It's not like you can live in a safe little cocoon. I'm glad you are adventurous. I'll just keep praying for your safety so you can keep on being adventurous.
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