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Solo Backpack Trip to The All American Man Pictograph Panel ~ Part 3

November 10, 2019by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 1 Comment

~~~ Part 1 ~~~ **** Part 2 **** (Updated and republished in November 2019) On the morning of October 20, 2014, I headed down the trail into Salt Creek Canyon. […]

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2014, Canyonlands National Park

Grizzlies In Colorado?

April 24, 2018by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 1 Comment

The following story is based on a true account from a local prospector who values his privacy. Therefore, the name I have used is fictional and any similarity to that […]

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ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS, ARTICLES, ESSAYS & POETRY

August in the Mountains of Colorado

October 21, 2017by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography Leave a comment

For this post, I’m simply going to share a few shots from the month of August. Sadly I didn’t get in very many hikes during the summer of 2017, partly […]

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2017 - Spring and Summer in Estes Park, CO, ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS, Estes Park, Rocky Mountain National Park

Solo Camping for Women

August 25, 2017by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 1 Comment

I originally wrote this article in 2002 for a woman’s magazine and have updated it a little for this blog post. I love to camp alone, and the more remote […]

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STAYING SAFE!!!

A Visit from Mama Bear With Cubs

August 22, 2017by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 2 Comments

August 21, 2017, is a day that many will remember with fondness because it was the day of the solar eclipse in America.   In the morning I witnessed the […]

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ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS, Estes Park, STAYING SAFE!!!
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Living in a Vehicle or R.V. in Bear Country

August 3, 2017by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 9 Comments

  Bears…oh how we all hope to see one. Elusive, powerful, beautiful, intelligent, and at times; dangerous, especially when you live in an R.V. whether it’s a car, a van, […]

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ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS, HOW-TO'S, TIPS & MORE - How do I bathe, go to the bathroom etc., STAYING SAFE!!!

The Summer of 2016

January 6, 2017by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 4 Comments

In this post, I bare all…but to make it a bit more enjoyable, I decided to share some of the better moments, by way of some pictures of the wildlife […]

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2016 ~ Rubber Tramp Rendezvous, AZ, CA, UT, Death Valley + More, ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS, Estes Park, Rocky Mountain National Park

Complacency Can Kill (a Series of Events Led to a Very Close Call)

May 25, 2016by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 13 Comments

The Accident In April 2016, I was camping with a friend near to Wolverine Canyon, about 28-miles from Boulder, Utah, in The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. This area has […]

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2016 ~ Rubber Tramp Rendezvous, AZ, CA, UT, Death Valley + More, ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS, Capital Reef & Waterpocket Fold, OOPS! WHEN THINGS GO WRONG

Interrupted Evening in The Tetons

October 18, 2014by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography Leave a comment

September 28, 2014 – Journal From the tourist town of West Yellowstone, I headed south until I reached Driggs, Idaho, in the Teton Valley. I liked the small town of […]

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2014, Yellowstone & Grand Teton

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