Archive for the ‘Box Camp Trail’ Tag
View of Tucson from the Box Camp Trail on Mt. Lemmon (Click here to see more hiking the Box Camp Trail photos.) — Images by kenne
The ground we walk on,
the plants and creatures,
the clouds above
constantly dissolving
into new formations –
each gift of nature
possessing its own
radiant energy,
bound together by
cosmic harmony.
— Ruth Bernhard
SCVN Friday Hike On The Box Camp Trail (06-28-13) — Images by kenne (Click here to see complete set of photos on Flickr)
Next week’s SCVN Friday hike will be on the Wilderness Rocks Trail on Mount Lemmon. I will be leading this hike, so I may not be taking any photos, but you can click here to see a posting on last year’s hike — it’s a great hike!
kenne
Dan Granger photographing columbine on the Box Camp Trail
Not meant to be a Canon ad, but . . .
Golden Columbine — Images by kenne
Unlike “nature walks,” hikes usually don’t allow time to stop and capture the moment — unless one is willing to be left behind, unnerving the guides.
This summer the SCVN hikes on Mount Lemmon have been very dry, dusty experiences minus the color of the usual mountain wildflowers. So, when flowers are spotted, inducing trance-like states, as in the case of columbines in a mountain canyon where a small stream might normally exist, some of us cannot pass up the moment connecting nature with our being in the digital world.
July rains should bring on an ever-changing kaleidoscope of wildflowers. But, for now, we feel the call of the wild to save the season by capturing the moment in a time our culture and technology are becoming more complex, more intricate, and more challenging to control.
Nature is a sphere
Revealing cosmic patterns
In all the clitter
— kenne
Macromeria Viridiflora Blossoms On Mt. Lemmon — Images by kenne
These Giant Trumpets
A hermaphrodite flower
The best of both worlds.
kenne
Arizona Gray Squirrel On Mt. Lemmon. — Image by kenne
Stopping only to
Access the situation
Not willing to share.
kenne
