Welcome! I am a contemplative thinker and photographer from Colorado. In this blog, you'll discover photographs that I've taken on my hiking and backpacking trips, mostly in the American West. I've paired these with my favorite inspirational and philosophical quotes - literary passages that emphasize the innate spirituality of the natural world. I hope you enjoy them!

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In the Spirit of Wildness,

Stephen Hatch
Fort Collins, Colorado

P.S. There's a label index at the bottom of the blog.

Friday, August 8, 2014

The trail seeks out all the beauty spots and like a great character, finds only that which is best.


"The trail is the short Northwest passage to Nature's wonderland.  With all its curves and windings it is essentially poetic; it knows the beauty of flowing lines; it is ever in the midst of those things that charm and cheer. It seeks out all the beauty spots and like a great character, finds only that which is the best."

Enos Mills




Photos: Stephen at a section of the PCT near Chinook Pass, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, WA.  That's Mount Rainier with Magenta Paintbrush in the second photo.

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