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Santa Rosa Island,
Channel Islands National Park, CA

The High Sierra Trail:
Day 6

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Day 5

The High Sierra Trail:
Day 4

The High Sierra Trail:
Day 3

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Day 2

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Ice Lake Basin,
San Juan Mountains, CO

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Bison Peak
Lost Creek Wilderness, CO

Grass Mountain,
Los Padres National Forest, CA

Picket Wire Canyon,
Comanche National Grassland, CO

Winter on the Abyss Trail,
Mount Evans Wilderness, CO

White Rock Loop,
Red Rock Canyon, NV

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  • Santa Rosa Island,
    Channel Islands National Park, CA     March 13, 2017
  • The High Sierra Trail:
    Day 6     July 23, 2016
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    Day 5     July 22, 2016
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    Day 4     July 21, 2016
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    Day 3     July 20, 2016

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It’s been moody up here the past few days. Low h It’s been moody up here the past few days. Low hanging clouds, rain, wet foxes and elk, the last green leaves turning gold. I’m looking out the window as I type this at the peaks of the Continental Divide covered in a measurable blanket of snow. Fall and winter have no boundaries in #coloRADo. I hope you had a chance to enjoy our minute of fall in the high country. 🍂 ❄️
Good morning from #ColorRADo 💛 #findyourpark Good morning from #ColorRADo 💛 #findyourpark #rmnp #outdoors #rockymountainnationalpark #coloradolife #coloradotography #wildernessculture #exploremore #explore #viewsfromcolorado #coloradogram #national_park_photography #nationalparkgeek #nationalparkstraveler
This is the first year in 5 years that I haven’t This is the first year in 5 years that I haven’t been in Yellowstone and northern Montana for the end of September and the beginning of October. Typically this is the trip that I live the rest of the year for. It’s become my yearly reset. Solitude, elk bugles, catching the brief fall colors before they fade, frosty bison and fluffy bears, and usually being there for the first snow of the year. I’ll still be heading there in a couple weeks, but without the fall color it will feel quite different…but regardless of how she’s dressed, I can’t wait to reunite with her again. 🦬 #yellowstone
Somehow the year is flying by. Babies were born, a Somehow the year is flying by. Babies were born, and babies grew up, and babies moved out. Past winters coats were lost, and this winters coat grows fluffier by the day. Grass greened and yellowed. Wildflowers bloomed and passed. Days grow ever shorter, mornings are frosty, and the aspen, whose leaves seem to have only appeared weeks ago, are already burning yellow and orange and falling. Chapters closing. Chapters opening. 💛 #FarleytheFox #FALLorado #coloRAdo
Neighbors coming by to say hi 👋 🦌 #deerfrien Neighbors coming by to say hi 👋 🦌 #deerfriends #BisoutheCat #catsofinstagram #catfriends #backyardwildlife #coloRADo #coloradowildlife #muledeer #grandlakecolorado #animallover #wildlifeplanet #funnycatsofinstagram #ilivewhereyouvacation
The testosterone-filled drama of fall in the Rocki The testosterone-filled drama of fall in the Rockies has begun. At dawn elk bugles echo off the charred hills surrounding the Kawuneeche Valley, the chirps of cows and calves fill the forest as the harems move with their bull. The spectacle of the rut never grows old, and I hope I never lose gratitude for the ability to witness it unfold from my doorstep. 🍂 #elkrut #coloRADo
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