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A view of Twin Lakes through white-barked aspen trunks, with snow-capped mountains rising beyond a sandy shorelineTravel · Colorado · Jun 2017

Back in Buena Vista, Colorado - with a new friend!

Back in Buena Vista, Colorado for the season, and this time with a new friend - Teddy, adopted from the Denver Dumb Friends League. Snowy trails, a dip in Twin Lakes, and a first hike up to Brown's Creek Falls. Mother chipmunk - Tucson ArizonaTravel · Arizona · Apr 2016

Motherhood...

 Teddy walking down a desert trail through a field of orange poppies with the Santa Catalina Mountains behindTravel · Arizona · Apr 2019

Before I left - and on the way...

 Lakeside to interlaken — Lakeside to InterLaken, Twin Lakes COHiking · Colorado · Jun 2016

Lakeside to InterLaken, Twin Lakes CO

 Teddy standing in the crystal-clear, shallow water of Waldo Lake, with rocks, pines, and mountains beyondTravel · Oregon · Jul 2018

An Oregon sightseeing trip cut short
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