So teach us to number our days so that we can present to Thee a heart of wisdom. Psalms 90:12
Ps 65:7 “Who dost still the roaring of the seas the roaring of their wave and the tumult of the peoples” New American Standard (NAS) The combination of the water sounds and the smells of sea life call to your senses when we walk along a sea shore. Crashing waves on rocks by the … Continue reading Ocean Walks
Dream in color. Tonight will be bluest blue against white with sparkling yellow and diverse colors of green with fuchsia matched with pink and spilled against red topped with violet. How do you feel when a dream comes true? I had always wanted to see Yankee Boy Basin above Ouray, Colorado even though I did … Continue reading Wild Yankee Boy Basin Flowers
The first ten minutes I hate this hike. This is an area I hike in often and I hate, I mean hate, the first ten minutes. I want to start out slowly, warm up muscles, and then gradually climb. Pancake Rocks trail just kicks your gluts from the first step up the mountain. But I … Continue reading Pancake Rocks – Worth the journey
Genesis 22: 2 “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah; and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.” New American Standard (NAS) On December 31, 1999, we spent the last day of the … Continue reading Sedona and Cairns
Philippians 2:3 “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.” “Air Force Academy is closed to hikers because Osama Bin Laden was shot.” Wasn’t that two months ago? In Colorado, … Continue reading Make New Friends – Always
Hosea 13: 6-8 “As they had their pasture, they became satisfied, and being satisfied, their heart became proud: Therefore, they forgot Me. So I will be like a lion to them; like a leopard I will lie in wait by the wayside. I will encounter them like a bear robbed of her cubs… New American … Continue reading Bears and Snakes
Habakkuk 3:19 “The Lord God is my strength, and He has made my feet like hinds feet, and makes me walk on my high places.” New American Standard (NAS) Alaska. The word alone brings to mind wilderness, danger, hardship and rugged beauty. On a trip to Denali National Park, the day was cloudy, we could … Continue reading Alaska Dall Sheep
“You shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace. And the mountains and the hills will break forth into song before you and the trees of the fields will clap their hands.” Isaiah 55:12 Can you do this for three hours? Up Up Up to the Aspens. Sniff, Sniff, Circle the tree. … Continue reading HorseThief Park through New Eyes
Whether you are new to an area or a native, an experienced or novice hiker, one of the best ways to get to know people and your surroundings is to hike. You may never put on hiking boots, but people like to walk, even if it is around their neighborhood. There are so many trails, … Continue reading Love of Hiking Love of God