Seasons come and go. |
Deal with each leaf as it falls. |
There’s no use rushing. |

🍂🍁🍂

The number of sweet subscribers who reached out to me about my biweekly Hike-oos newsletter today made my exhausted little heart so happy 💕

pardon me, ladies |
your slippers look an awful |
lot like a scr*tum…

- Virginia Triple Crown Loop Trail, VA

Offered an apple |
to a Long Trail thru-hiker |
High point of the day |

- Mount Mansfield on the Long Trail (4,395’) VT state high point

#longtrail #trailmagic #thruhike

Not every hike |
has to be THE fucking hike |
Go outside and walk |

- Belle Isle Pedestrian Bridge, Richmond, VA

#urbanhike #getoutside #hiking

Massive achievement |
Though Mt. Elbert is taller |
What’s in a name? |

bonus hike-oo:
Wind-swept, rosy cheeks |
Holding up a cardboard sign |
Dating profile pic |

- Mount Elbert (14,438’), Colorado High Point vs. Mount Massive (14,423.9’)

#mountelbert #statehighpoint #hiking

Not a Fourteener |
But Buffalo might just be |
Colorado’s GOAT |

- Buffalo Mountain (12,781’) in Silverthorne, CO

#mountain #colorado14ers #hiking #hikeoo

Crowded Park Loop Road |
Looking back on where I’ve been |
Still so much to see |

- Otter Cliff, Acadia National Park (ME)

Sadly no permit |
But the view from here might be |
Better than from there |

- Observation Point looking out at Angels Landing, Zion National Park

#nationalparks #hiking #angelslanding

Furry photo shoot |
Wilder than the fauna |
Zion does not judge |

- Observation Point, Zion National Park (UT)

Mighty viaduct |
Partners who once held hands, now |
tornado rubble |

- Kinzua Bridge State Park (PA)

Up by 5 am |
Even further up by noon |
Summit tomorrow

- John Muir Wilderness, Mount Whitney (CA)