State of Wilderness

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  • SMTX: Ringtail Ridge Natural Area

    SMTX: Ringtail Ridge Natural Area

    There is something exciting about following a path, not knowing where it leads you to.  Sometimes, you find something interesting along the way, something that sparks your curiosity and imagination, something that connects you to the past but then also makes you wonder about the future.  This is how we felt about the unexpected encounter…

  • Solitude in Cross Creek Ranch

    A rare thing happened last week.  My two year old came home from daycare and went to sleep.  Suddenly, we had spare time.  I offered my husband first rights of refusal, but he wanted to stay home.  Not me. I left and headed out to my favorite place, the wetlands at Cross Creek Ranch.  I out…

  • 2015: To Sum, and What’s to Come

    Last Christmas, my mom gave me this journal in the above photo, and it turned out to be my favorite item of the entire year.  I carried that with me during all my outdoor adventures and checked off all the birds I saw during the year on the master list in the back, as well…

  • Sahalie and Koosah Falls: The One-Hour Five-Minute Hike

    These pictures are from a hike we took more than a month ago, while we were making our way through Oregon to get to my work conference.  I haven’t had time to tell the stories, though, because that baby pretty much demands most of my time at home.  As a matter of example, I have…