Cheyenne Mountain State Park
Cheyenne Mountain State Park: Talon & Sundance Trails
* http://parks.state.co.us/Parks/CheyenneMountain/ * Highway 115 across from Fort Carson Gate 1 * Colorado Springs, Colorado *
One of the more popular trails at Colorado’s newest State Park, Cheyenne Mountain State Park, is a rugged foothills up through the alpine slopes trail starting the ascent of Cheyenne [...]
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Cheyenne Mountain State Park
* http://parks.state.co.us/Parks/CheyenneMountain/ * Highway 115 across from Fort Carson Gate 1 * Colorado Springs, Colorado *
Colorado’s newest State Park, Cheyenne Mountain State Park took over the lands of the old JL Ranch that is nestled in the foothills of Cheyenne Mountain right in front of NORAD. It is roughly 1,680 [...]
Ka’u Desert
Ka’u Desert
Big Island, Hawaii
The Kaʻū Desert is an amazing desert of lava rock and sand in the southwest rift zone of the Kilauea volcano. It is not a true desert because it does get rainfall, albeit it acid rain, and it exceeds 1,000 mm per year. (39 inches) The desert consists primarily of decaying [...]
Big Island
Volcano National Park
Volcano, Big Island, Hawaii
One of Hawaii’s most notorious and famous National Parks, “Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park” was established in 1916 as a National Park, a International Biosphere Reserve in 1980, and a World Heritage Site in 1987 to demonstrate the history and living geological experiene of volcanism, geology, and techtonics. It covers [...]
Hawaiian Botanical Gardens and Beach Cove
* 27-717 Old Mamalahoa Highway * P.O. Box 80, Papaikou, HI 96781 * Phone: 808-964-5233 FAX: 808-964-1338 * http://htbg.com/
While travelling along the coast near Hilo with my friend Kawika, we dropped into a beautiful hidden scenic cove that lies next to the Hawaiian Botanical Gardens. While the Botanical Gardens have [...]
The Rugged San Juans* Near Gunnison, Colorado *
One of Colorado’s most panoramic features, is the rugged mountain chain in southwestern Colorado that is an integral part of the Rockies known as the San Juan mountains. They consist of very steep, highly mineralized stone composition slopes and are the heart of what is known as [...]
Blue Mesa Lake and Reservoir* Near Gunnison, Colorado * Right in the heart of the Rugged San Juan’s mountain lies Colorado’s largest body of water and the United States’ largest lake trout and Kokanee salmon fishery. Right along scenic Blue Mesa and U.S. 50 at an elevation of 7,519 feet is a 41,972 acre / [...]
Cimarron Canyon State ParkCimarron, New Mexico * http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/prd/CimarronCanyon.htm * A beautiful canyon that is bisected by historic Highway 64 extending from Cimarron to Taos. The State Park is located three miles east of Eagle Nest, New Mexico. The park resides in the Colin Neblett Wildlife Area. The Canyon is a very popular location for [...]
Rio Grande Gorge and BridgeTaos, New Mexico * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Gorge_Bridge * One of New Mexico’s most famous and picturesque gorges and bridges. The Rio Grande Gorge is 800 feet deep and ten miles long, running from northwest to southeast of Taos, New Mexico, through the basalt flows of the Taos Plateau volcanic field. One of [...]
Jericho Beach * Vancouver, British Columbia * http://vancouver.ca/Parks/rec/beaches/jericho.htmOne of my favorite beaches in Vancouver, next to Wreck Beach and Spanish Banks. Rather than a place of “fun” its had much more of a spiritual draw for me personally, as it was a place of engagement as well as a place of celebrating my divorce. It [...]