The only indispensable item I pack on wilderness excursions is a capacity for amazement.

"On every trip into wilderness, I'm obliged to witness nature's wonder as if for the first time . . .

"The only indispensable item I pack is a capacity for amazement.  That's all I need . . . My task is simply to adore."

Belden Lane,
"Backpacking with the Saints"

Photos: (Top)  Reflections at sunset, Horsetooth Reservoir, Larimer County, CO, December 13, 2014; (Second) A stone finger juts up above Emerald Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, December 8, 2014; (Third) Reflection of Bellvue Dome in the Poudre River, Bellvue, CO, December 9, 2014; (Bottom) Sunset on Lake Agnes, Never Summer Range, CO, December 12, 2014