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    Channel Islands National Park, CA     March 13, 2017
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#EastTroublesomeFire was blowing up this afternoon #EastTroublesomeFire was blowing up this afternoon. We need some significant, prolonged, snow or rain - this one little storm forecasted this weekend won't cut it. As the #CameronPeakFire has shown us, these fires just come back to life as soon as it dries up the day after the storm passes. Scary and sad times. Time to vote the people that don't believe in climate change out of office! #coloRADo
Fiona is so fluffy in her winter coat! The animals Fiona is so fluffy in her winter coat! The animals are ready for winter now....and with our state on fire, most us us have never been more eager and ready for snow. Thinking of those that have lost their homes today - both human and animal. Pray for snow.💔 #FionatheFox #prayforsnow #coloRADo
I miss friends, I miss the desert, I miss backpack I miss friends, I miss the desert, I miss backpacking, I miss hugs. I was supposed to be lost in some magic canyons right now with my beloved desert pal @tetrisjones, but alas...2020 strikes. No desert. No canyons. No pals. So here’s a #tbt to pals, and endless red sand in everything, and stressing searching for good water, and legs scratched to hell, and getting a little lost, and type 1.5 fun that one day we’ll find again. 🧡
The first time I’ve ever watched a wolf that was The first time I’ve ever watched a wolf that was watching me. That was a cool moment. Let’s vote to bring them home to ColoRADo, their native land by voting #yeson114. Having just finished Dan Flores’s “American Serengeti” where he describes the horrific mass slaughter of millions of wolves in the US, and their near extinction in merely 100 years I am more determined than ever to welcome them back home and see them both protected, and respected.#restorethehowl #wolf #graywolf @rockymtnwolf
We are hurtling through the universe on the raddes We are hurtling through the universe on the raddest planet. I will never get enough time on this rock, or see enough of her treasures. #hotspring
Steamy sunrise on the Madison River. #sunrise #mad Steamy sunrise on the Madison River. #sunrise #madisonriver
OMGOMGOMG FINALLY. Though I have had fleeting glim OMGOMGOMG FINALLY. Though I have had fleeting glimpses of bobcats, I’ve been dying for an encounter where I could photograph one. This morning I was so excited to find one at our house. I think she was likely heading to the heated water bowl I leave out for the critters - which in a bone dry fall like we’ve had is appreciated by many animals. SO COOL, and im overflowing with gratitude for the moment with such a beauty. Hopefully she hangs around. #bobcat
Lake McDonald sunset 🌅 #glaciernationalpark #la Lake McDonald sunset 🌅 #glaciernationalpark #lakemcdonald
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