Reflection

Hiking in the Colorful Paint Mines in Calhan Colorado

Now for a completely different type of hike out on the Colorado Prairie. One has to drive about an 45 minutes out from the edge of Colorado Springs to get to Calhan where the Paint Mines Interpretive Park is located. This is one of the most spirit renewing hikes I have ever taken. I was […]

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Brave Birds Among the Ancient Cedars in Garden of the Gods

This hike had many interesting facets to it, not an ordinary Garden of the Gods hike. When we stopped for a lunch break on the way back down, there were some very brave birds. I often leave some nuts or dried fruit for creatures to find when we are gone. I placed a few pistachios […]

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Concrete Couches Along the Fountain Creek Walk

Concrete couches added to the sights seen on this creek walk. These are different than some of their other couch projects, as they incorporated large rocks that were found along the Fountain Creek trail near The Fields Park in Manitou Springs into the couches. Concrete Couch is a non-profit that does many things. It did […]

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Took Two Mini-Hikes Today in Manitou Springs

Actually I took 3 Walks or mini-hikes that all related to being near Manitou Springs Fountain Creek. One was along Fountain Creek at The Fields Park and the other took me to the other end of Fountain Creek in Manitou Springs. I had a meeting at The Fields Park with a Manitou Springs City Official. […]

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Hiked Tonight to a Board Meeting at the MAC

It is a half mile to the Manitou Art Center from my house. Not really a hike, but a good distance to travel that allowed me some time to think about what my day had revealed to me. A new health challenge was discovered during my appointment this afternoon at the Women’s Health Clinic. Probably […]

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Solutions for Lifes Challenges Often Appear on Hikes

Taking Quotes to Heart. A webinar today about “Your Genius Factor” hosted by Tony Laidig has me thinking hard about where I am not focused on the right things to create abundance in my life. “The problem is that we always look for the missing piece of the puzzle instead of finding a place for […]

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Puzzling Sites in the Botanical Gardens Reflect on Life’s Puzzles

“The world’s a puzzle; no need to make sense out of it.” – Socrates”  At the very beginning of our hike in Denver Botanical Gardens I saw this tree that had bark reminding me of a jigsaw puzzle. After that, I kept seeing ideas for puzzles in leaves and other plants. “The real question one […]

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Icy Creeks in Cheyenne Mountain State Park

We saw Icy and Water Running in Creeks. At one juncture of trails, the creek was totally iced over. We decided to go up the trail we were on a bit farther, and explore this one some time in the future. But it give us a hint that in the Spring, we might have to […]

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