View over Camden harbor and Penobscot Bay from a hilltop with red fall foliage A river winding through a valley of bright fall foliage in Shenandoah A turquoise alpine lake below jagged grey peaks on the Blue Lakes Trail
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Rough tumbling trail — Four Mile Creek Trail, Buffalo Peaks Wilderness COHiking · Colorado · Jul 2016

Four Mile Creek Trail, Buffalo Peaks Wilderness CO

Buffalo Peaks Wilderness encompasses 41,232 acres and it gets it's name from the 2 - 13,000+ foot Buffalo Peaks that are there. It's one of those places you go to, not for views of majestic peaks, but for solitude… Denny creek — Denny Creek to Hartenstein Lake, Buena Vista COHiking · Colorado · Jun 2016

Denny Creek to Hartenstein Lake, Buena Vista CO

 Lowell lake — Lowell Lake State Park, Londonderry VTHiking · Vermont · Aug 2015

Lowell Lake State Park, Londonderry VT

 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!

 A wooden dock reaching into a calm forested lake under a cloudy skyTravel · New Hampshire · Sep 2020

Leaving New Hampshire... and I'm so glad I made the trip!
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