West Fork of Oak Creek Trail

Sheriece, Sandra, Melanie, Jan I took this hike in May of 2006. It is breath takingly beautiful! Vivid Color everywhere you look.

Joy

"And the moral of my whole story is that walking is not only a joy in itself, but that it gives an intimacy with the sacred things and the primal things of earth that are not revealed to those who rush by on wheels." –John Finley,

2009 Hike??

It was a cold rainy day in the desert
We came upon a very small pond near this boulder, (a result of all the rain that year). In it were 3 trout happily swimming. This was a very curious thing to find in the desert.



Some of the wildlife we have come across on our hikes:
1. Rattlesnakes
2. Coyotes
3, Gila Monsters
4. Horned toads, and various lizards
5. Deer
6. Big horned sheep
7. desert tortoise
8.rabbits
9 Wild turkey (in the Chiricahuas)
10. fish

Superstition 2008 ??? (I need help with hike name and date)

Speaking strictly for myself, if these pictures are going out into blog land I might have to consider doing my hair, clothes and make-up.....

hmmmm.....
Part of my reason for hiking is to get away from all of that.



Beautiful lunch spot.

Journies

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
— Chinese Proverb

Spit Bridge to Manly Hike, Sydney Australia-June 2008

In 1965 my father and uncles homesteaded a beautiful large farm in Kununurra, Western Australia.In June of 2008, 16 members of my family traveled to Kununurra to visit the farm.

Our first Australia stop was in Sydney, where we enjoyed the Spit Bridge to Many Hike, shown below.


It was a beautiful June day (winter in Australia) The walk from Spit Bridge to Manly Wharf is a 5.9 mile walk through the Sydney Harbor National Park.
We hiked through rain-forests and bush type nature reserves, over boardwalks and along cliffs, on beaches and past expensive waterfront homes. It was all beautiful and so interesting.



Blood red tree sap.
Along our walk we would see lots of these spider webs, which appeared to be floating in the air, all loaded with spiders. Creepy buy Cool.
The hike ended at Manly Ferry Wharf where I insisted on taking this picture of the manly men in our group. We then caught a 30 minute ferry ride to Circular Quay, which is just next to the Sydney Opera House and the Syndey Harbour Bridge.
I highly recommend this hike to anyone traveling to Sydney, it took about half a day, including a stop for lunch and some shopping at Manly. Spectacular!

Mountains in our lives....

"All of us have mountains in our lives: mountains of trials, mountains of discouragement, mountains of temptations. And sometimes we cannot see where we are going, and sometimes the path is rough, and sometimes we stumble. But we must always remember that there is one who will take us by the hand and keep us on the right path and pick us up when we fall. We just have to follow his light. And that’s the Savior...." by Betty Curry New Era 1988