We just spent the weekend at the Rocky Mountain Horse Expo in Denver, where we were doing a bit of fund-raising for the sessions of Itahoba Horse for adult survivors of sexual assault. As we sat there one day, a couple of fellows came by to “educate” us about mustangs. They announced themselves as being Read More
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The Canyon Hike Series Finale
I hope you enjoyed taking a virtual hike of Nebraska’s Pine Ridge. As the pictures showed, it was a canyon of varying terrain. Some of it burned quite badly, and it will take years before the soil allows regrowth. But, amazingly, most of it had regrown before we left in October 2007 (we had to Read More
The Canyon Hike Series, Part 9
The buttes in the canyon of Pine Ridge were quite beautiful and easy to hike to. I was amazed to find a small pine tree, unaffected by the fire, growing out of one of the buttes. It was quite the image of determination.
The Canyon Hike Series, Part 8
We were lucky to have several springs and a running creek in the canyon. It’s a rare thing in the West, which is suffering from a horrible drought. The water ran cool and clear. Read More
The Canyon Hike Series, Part 7
This blog entry is really a photo essay of rebirth in the canyon. You may recognize the locations in the first pictures…or maybe you don’t. They were very badly burned and are pictured at the beginning of the hike, back in August of 2006. Slowly, they began to come alive with new grasses and flowers. Read More