For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.

- Martin LutherLater today Seanie and I are heading over to Sequoia National Park for the weekend!  I'm super-excited; we haven't had a chance to go anywhere in ages, and the park should be beautiful now that it' ( Read more... )

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Let us take a moment to celebrate the humble beaver ( Read more... )

Last night I had a lot of trouble getting to sleep.  I tossed and turned but every time I shut my eyes I'd hear a little scratching noise that I suspected was a mouse, and my eyes would snap open once more.  I kept expecting to see a little rodent scurrying across the floor, which really would have ruined any chances of drifting off.  But though I ( Read more... )

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Yesterday afternoon I went hiking in Kodachrome Basin State Park. It's about halfway between Cedar City and Boulder. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it's fairly close to Bryce Canyon so I expected a lot of red rock. I got plenty of that, but that was hardly the only feature Kodachrome could boast about ( Read more... )

Seanie and I went hiking at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park this afternoon.  It was a lovely day for it - sunny, but cool, especially in the shadows of the redwood grove.  The trees here are massive - the oldest ones are between 1,500 and 1,800 years old.  The main area, the Redwood Grove, is especially impressive because many of these old growth ( Read more... )

If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continuing renewing itself, you can't help but learn.
-- Bernie Siegel