It's cold! The low forecast for tonight is 25F which is sort of brutal for this time of year. It's been known to snow in February, so I guess this is not too far from the norm. Yesterday we drove down to the Genser trail head and discovered a new trail has been built in our absence. It was very windy, which made our clothing choices pretty good. Once out of the wind, we were too warm. We both had long pants, 3/4 zip capilenes and a shirt over that. The car was telling us it was 63F, but the wind chill was significant.
This was not here the last time we were hiking out here. It connects to the Starr Pass Trail. We were out the other day and did not see any signs of the other end of this trail. I am always skeptical of these maps.
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This is one of my favorite over looks along the way.
The end of the hike. A new trail, Rock Wren, comes in here, as well. It's long, and better suited to mountain bikes, so I doubt if we'll hike it again. The trails that are not on these maps are better suited to feet.
There has been additional weather recently with interesting clouds.
There has also been rain.
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Other than posting pretty pictures, I am not inclined to delve into the train derailment in Ohio which is doing untold damage to the citizens and the environment, the most recent school shooting in Michigan, the DOJ's decision not to charge Matt Gaetz with sex trafficking under age girls, or Janet Yellen's (Secretary of the Treasury) recent pronouncement that if the House doesn't get off their collective butts and raise the debt ceiling, seniors will see cuts to their Social Security checks. Oh yes and bills are in work in Wyoming to allow child labor and under age marriages with no restrictions on the age of the girl. This country has lost its mind.
That photo of the rain, amazing. The state of the US, horrifying.
ReplyDeleteWyoming, Shit for brains.
ReplyDeleteYour photos are fabulous! What camera are you shooting with? Stunning country - a pair of good eyes to see it and capture it! Lovely!
I'm using Jim's Samsung android phone - I forget what model it is. It's newer and better than mine.
DeleteRe the Rock Wren Trail and Yetman Trail Sign: Off the tip of the Yetman Trail Sign is a small dog, waiting. Actually probably an optical illusion (delusion-?-) comprised of old vegetation.
ReplyDeleteIt does look like a dog - I think it's a dead part of that tree.
DeleteInteresting clouds.. especially where the light catches the base of the clouds.
ReplyDeletePolitics?...sheesh!! Everywhere
The USA really HAS lost its mind. (So has the UK, in slightly different ways.)
ReplyDeleteThe photos from your hike are lovely, and the cloud formations very interesting.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard all of the news you've shared, but I concur with your sentiment.
The older I get, the more I appreciate the scenery around me. I made the mistake of voicing my opinion about the idiots among us in my post yesterday. Had a lot of hits, no comments, though. Shootings are now common happenings. Here in the bowels of southern culture, I am definitely a minority in thinking we need better laws about owning guns. If these idiots that surround me have read nothing else, they quote the amendment about their right to bear arms. I dubt they read it, they are just quoting their 'Daddy' and his 'Daddy' before him ......
ReplyDeleteBeautiful scenery and awesome clouds. I have to say the only good thing about my husband being in the hospital for 15 days is that I was blissfully unaware of the recent examples of republicans and their push to take us back to the 1800s.
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ReplyDeleteIt appears I now can't comment as myself even on my laptop! What amazing skies you've been having, every one a dramatic moment onto itself! You have also captured them beautifully. I wonder, where do you prefer to be, in the desert or in the Pacific Northwest? I often sense your love for the desert, it's wildness, its openness, its hardiness.
Gorgeous desert photos! I miss it there; would love to be hiking in that brilliant sunshine once again. The repugs are completely bat-shit crazy, and I live in fear that they will take the presidency in 2024. Just when you think things can't get worse, I hear of all the b.s. DeSantis is pushing in Florida and shiver.
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