Today's hike up the Janes Creek loop. A gorgeous sunny day for a hike after all the recent storms.
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Today's hike up the Janes Creek loop. A gorgeous sunny day for a hike after all the recent storms.
Today's hike up the Janes Creek loop. A gorgeous sunny day for a hike after all the recent storms.
#Today 14
Good day!
QUESTION:
How far do you have to travel in Missoula to hike?
ANSWER:
Not far.
How warm was it yesterday? So warm that I’d have sworn it was early September.
Now, we’ve begun our journey back to normal, including forecasted rain.
Be everwell.
#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #FootpathFriday #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography
#Today 14
Good day!
QUESTION:
How far do you have to travel in Missoula to hike?
ANSWER:
Not far.
How warm was it yesterday? So warm that I’d have sworn it was early September.
Now, we’ve begun our journey back to normal, including forecasted rain.
Be everwell.
#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #FootpathFriday #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography
Good Morning #Canada
If you haven't been living in a cave this week, you know that the #NorthernLights were putting on a show across Canada. As you know, a solar eruption sends billions of tons of superheated plasma into space and traveling at more than 45 million miles per hour it can reach Earth in less than a day. That plasma, drawn towards the magnetic pole, interacts with our atmosphere, and we get a spectacular light show. The Aurora Borealis, named by Italian astronomer Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei, is not unique to Canada, but so much of our land is in the Northern Hemisphere that most Canadians have the opportunity to experience it. This is particularly true in the Northwest Territories, where the Northern Lights are visible for 240 days every year on average. The phenomenon has a special meaning for Indigenous Canadians, some of whom believe it shows them ancestors dancing in the sky.
#CanadaIsAwesome #GetOutside
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/how-indigenous-traditional-knowledge-is-improving-our-understanding-of-aurora-borealis-1.7414899
Good Morning #Canada
If you haven't been living in a cave this week, you know that the #NorthernLights were putting on a show across Canada. As you know, a solar eruption sends billions of tons of superheated plasma into space and traveling at more than 45 million miles per hour it can reach Earth in less than a day. That plasma, drawn towards the magnetic pole, interacts with our atmosphere, and we get a spectacular light show. The Aurora Borealis, named by Italian astronomer Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei, is not unique to Canada, but so much of our land is in the Northern Hemisphere that most Canadians have the opportunity to experience it. This is particularly true in the Northwest Territories, where the Northern Lights are visible for 240 days every year on average. The phenomenon has a special meaning for Indigenous Canadians, some of whom believe it shows them ancestors dancing in the sky.
#CanadaIsAwesome #GetOutside
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/how-indigenous-traditional-knowledge-is-improving-our-understanding-of-aurora-borealis-1.7414899
I’m spending a week visiting family here in the great state of Idaho. A long overdue visit— lots to catch up on! Several family members are avid hikers— spent part of today “urban hiking” with them on the Boise River Greenbelt. A very picturesque hike along the river which cuts through neighborhoods and the downtown area. A great way to see Boise! #hiking #nature #photography
#landscape #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #GetOutside #reflection #reflections
I’m spending a week visiting family here in the great state of Idaho. A long overdue visit— lots to catch up on! Several family members are avid hikers— spent part of today “urban hiking” with them on the Boise River Greenbelt. A very picturesque hike along the river which cuts through neighborhoods and the downtown area. A great way to see Boise! #hiking #nature #photography
#landscape #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #GetOutside #reflection #reflections
Good morning on this #siletSunday - it's windy and rainy outside. Maybe I'll just have a walk later. I'm quite happy that we did a hike yesterday!
And just now I used the time to write about a hike I did this May:
https://www.franzgraf.de/blog/2025/a-familiar-mountain-never-gets-old/
#hiking #wandern #bayern #lenggries #nature #getoutside #landscape #photography
Good morning on this #siletSunday - it's windy and rainy outside. Maybe I'll just have a walk later. I'm quite happy that we did a hike yesterday!
And just now I used the time to write about a hike I did this May:
https://www.franzgraf.de/blog/2025/a-familiar-mountain-never-gets-old/
#hiking #wandern #bayern #lenggries #nature #getoutside #landscape #photography
Look who’s dining out! The largest animals, by far, that I saw on my adventures in #Colorado were not on a trail, but next to a house in a neighborhood that abutted one of the trailheads. While walking to my car after a hike, I saw four #moose (two in pic) chomping on some delicious shrubs and trees next to the house. 🤣 This is a zoomed in photo— definitely kept my distance. #wildlife #nature #photography
#MountainMonday #PhotoMonday #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #mountains
I hiked by so many beautiful scenes during my recent trip to #Colorado. Here are pics of some colorful flowering plants that were growing along the trail that I hiked in Red Rocks Park, outside Denver. #BloomScrolling #hiking #mountains
#flower #nature #photography #landscape #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #flowers #WildFlower #WildFlowers #GetOutside #backpacking
Went to the top of a mountain the easy way today—- on horseback! Rode through beautiful forests of aspen and evergreen trees on the way up and back from the summit which was a large open meadow with views of distant mountains. A great day! #Colorado #mountains #horses
#nature #landscape #photography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #GetOutside
Cascade Pass part 6. Photo 1: We're above the clouds now. Photo 2: panorama of the top with glacier. Photo 3: an unexpected visit from a Search and Rescue helicopter alighting on Sahale Arm as I was descending. Fortunately no one was hurt; it was a practice maneuver.
This is one of the prettiest places in the Cascades; visit if you can (mid July-early October). But go on a weekday as it's very crowded especially in high season (August).
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#hiking #PNW #mountain #getoutside #nativeplants
Cascade Pass part 6. Photo 1: We're above the clouds now. Photo 2: panorama of the top with glacier. Photo 3: an unexpected visit from a Search and Rescue helicopter alighting on Sahale Arm as I was descending. Fortunately no one was hurt; it was a practice maneuver.
This is one of the prettiest places in the Cascades; visit if you can (mid July-early October). But go on a weekday as it's very crowded especially in high season (August).
6/6
#hiking #PNW #mountain #getoutside #nativeplants
Cascade Pass part 5. It's autumn now and up in the meadows the blueberry foliage is turning red (photo 1). Photo 2: A lone scarlet paintbrush flower (Castilleja coccinea) is still holding out against the fall, surrounded by Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacia). Corn lilies are fading fast (the big leafed plant, Veratrum viride). Photo 3: there's a grouse in this photo, believe it or not. Sooty grouse? Ruffed grouse? I'm not sure.
5/6
#hiking #PNW #mountain #getoutside #nativeplants
Cascade Pass part 4: At the top of the pass you can look East and see the Stehekin River which flows into the Columbia, while the water behind you flows West into Puget Sound. The clouds will burn off around midday and let you see the mountains. But the real fun comes when you ascend the Sahale Arm, leading up to Sahale Glacier and Peak. It's only two more miles (3.2km), but an additional 2200 (670m) feet elevation gain. Let's go. 4/7
#hiking #PNW #mountain #getoutside #nativeplants
Cascade Pass part 3. Cascade Pass is like a vast funnel where moist air from the Pacific gets squeezed and pushed up into this gap between the mountains. It's right in the clouds and most of the year it's socked in like this. It's also quite windy, which you can tell by the way the way the trees lean. photo 2: Cascade mountain ash tree (Sorbus scopulina) in the fog. It's a close relative of the Rowan tree native to Europe and Asia. 3/7 #hiking #PNW #mountain #getoutside #nativeplants
Cascade Pass part 2. Some plant life: photo 1-2: Parnassia fimbriata, new to me. Growing off a mossy rock, it's watered by the constant drip of water off the bluff above it. Sorry I missed the flowering stage. Photo 3: A saxifrage called Leptarrhena pyrolifolia, a favorite that I spot in cool damp rocky places all the time.
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#hiking #PNW #mountain #getoutside #nativeplants
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