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Looks like we're heading north. Near Rattlesnake Rock, Pine Creek Trail, Pennsylvania. 06-2020 41.5397868, -77.4042452 #pinecreektrail #pinecreekrailtrail #littlegrandcanyon #littlegrandcanyonofpennsylvania #frascarelliphotography #frascarelligallery #hikeandbikepath #bicyclelove #bicycletouring #railstotrails #yogateacher #yogabreak #WarriorII #VirabhadrasanaII #warrior2 #Virabhadrasana2 https://www.instagram.com/p/CDNQvbcp7uOaSFywrrOBGcqPdVayeNve0Z08cM0/?igshid=1aqjb9yh1snb7

Looking north on Pine Creek. #pinecreektrail #pinecreek #pinecreekriver #pinecreekrailtrail #grandcanyonofpennsylvania #littlegrandcanyonofpennsylvania https://www.instagram.com/p/CChWvtnJU8xZ_BdAZJe96GrRX-yNeo6PMnl3bs0/?igshid=1xdk0rksmf7ni

Ever get the feeling you're being watched? On the Pine Creek Rail Trail near Blackwell in the Little Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania, June, 2020 #pinecreektrail #pinecreekrailtrail #littlegrandcanyon #littlegrandcanyonofpennsylvania #littlegrandcanyonpa #bearinthewoods #bearinatreetrunk #bearinatree https://www.instagram.com/p/CCbZv8MBNJtmjRWTVJceDGxMIFutJnanTcFxLQ0/?igshid=1h70690v8m5l1

To find yourself in that magical place that you call home. . . . #montana #mountains #carin #river #energy #energyhealing #hiking #hikingadventures #energyvortex #pinecreek #pinecreektrail #adventure #montanamoment #mountainlife #rockymountains #getoutside #optoutside #montanalove #hermeticmountain (at Pine Creek Falls)

Lokah Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu. Om Shanti Shanti Shanti. May all beings everywhere be free from suffering. May all beings include me. May there be peace in my heart, peace in my relationships, and peace in the world. I've been praying for peace at the summit or apex of all my hikes this year. Somehow it feels appropriate to dedicate the efforts it took to arrive to something bigger--and that sending them out from those heights carries the chant. Of course, it's not necessary to be anywhere other than open and willing to pray for peace--it's just that this has been a sweet reminder and opportunity for me. Would love to hear how you pray for peace...This was a view from the Pine Creek Trail in Colorado yesterday. #hiking #prayforpeace #intentions #colorado #pinecreektrail

Days 29-31, Sept 8th-10th Traveled SD, WY, MT ODE TO MONTANA Oh Montana how I love thee already. The landscape is a caliderscope of colours created from a rich tapestry of materials. Hills like the crushed velvet of an old man's smoking jacket draped over a chair, cows of deep midnight silk dotting the landscape, plains of golden grasses stretching out like cashmere whispering promises in the wind. I've only been here a couple of days and have already gone from lust to deep love and I haven't even got to the really spectacular part - Glacier National Park further north. But Montana you are already magnificent; the lion in America's states jungle of beasts (too much? Ah well, I can't help waxing lyrical about this great state). The changing landscape over the last few days has been stunning. The scorched landscape of Wyoming, russet red soil and scrubby plains. Tiny hills erupt upwards like pimples on the face of earth. And then the sky...the huge, limitless, unending expanse, an infinity of blues. All against the smoky backdrop of the Rockies in the distant; an ever looming presence just out of reach. Then onwards as the sky loomed ever greater, my photos don't even begin to do justice to the 'big sky' of Montana and the millions of stars you can see at night...I think I want to retire here and keep seeing places 'for sale' and wondering whether to enquire. Shortly after entering Montana I saw a sign for the 'Battle of Little Bighorn' and swerved The Beast quickly left to go and have a look. Yet another historic landmark that I had no idea which state it was in; I can feel my father (who was a historian) rolling in his grave - sorry dad! But I remember learning about Custer's Last Stand at school and it was very sobering walking up the ridge on which they were surrounded and died. A very thought provoking monument that is testiment to both the U.S. soldiers and the Native Americans fighting for their way of life and rightful land ownership; sadly their victory was short lived. As I looked down the hill and saw the vast numbers of graves littering the side I couldn't help but think of all the wars and tragic losses that are still happening today. We really haven't moved on that much as a society. Gosh this has been an emotive post! Montana has clearly stirred a lot in me. We've already done some gorgeous hikes into the mountains. Switchback paths into pines and then cresting out above them so you can look back down through gullies and back over the plains. Slightly terrifying signs warning of bears and mountain lions; but no sightings to date - I'd love to see a bear, but only at a very safe distance, the lesson from the bison still firmly planted in my mind.   I plan to take a leisurely route up to Glacier via Flathead National Park - which is dog friendly where sadly Glacier isn't, but we can still drive Glacier through for the views - and do some big hikes along the way. Next stop tomorrow is Swan Lake for a few nights to hike there...oh Montana, don't ever leave me *sigh*.