Let’s Find Our Way Again
Every twenty minutes on the Appalachian Trail, Katz and I walked farther than the average American walks in a week. For 93 percent of all trips outside the home, for whatever distance or whatever purpose, Americans now get in a car. On average, the total walking of an American these days – that’s walking of all types: from car to office, from office to car, around the supermarket and shopping malls – adds up to 1.4 miles a week…That’s ridiculous. ~ Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
M.C. Escher Loop
Post title courtesy of my son’s clever sense of humor! This was taken during a recent hike in Ledges State Park.
Trestle Bridge Overlook
Cedar Bridge
After having lived here in the Des Moines metro area for almost ten years now, we finally took the time to spend a lovely day touring the Bridges of Madison County. We visited five of them this Memorial Day and enjoyed each and every one!
The Load Out
Spring Day
A glorious spring day, spent with loved ones hiking down cozy paths in the woods, with trout streams providing an acoustic backdrop and sunshine practically dripping from every beautiful new leafy spurt of green – well, if that’s not heaven, I don’t know what is…
A Sawyer's Daughter 
Chit Chat