Walking trips for me are for places where I can't take my mountain bike for one reason or another. I'm a lazy bum and generally see no reason I should walk anywhere when I can take two wheels and make the effort so much more pleasant. On the other hand, when I go hiking or backpacking, I don't feel like the camera is as much of a burden as when I'm cycling. For some reason, I've come to associate cycling with freedom-freedom from automobiles, responsibilities, and heavy equipment. So ironically, when I have to carry stuff on my body, I don't feel like it's a burden to carry more.
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| My family and I visited Waterton Lakes National park in September, 1995, 6 months after my dad had a stroke. Our visit to Glacier National Park and Yellowstone a year before was just as beautiful, though I don't have the scanned pictures to show it. Just click on the picture on the left to see our travelogue. |
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| This year, we went to Rocky Mountain National Park. It was gorgeously beautiful, and I loved every minute of it. |
| Rainier was one of those one-day trips. I don't usually like to travel that way, but it was all I had, and we had a dog with us, so we could only hike away from the park proper. Ironically, it took until after I'd moved away from Washington State before I finally hiked Rainier. |