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Glorious Gold Hill via Long Canyon
Taking the Long Canyon Trail up Gold Hill is shorter than taking the official Gold Hill Trail from Bull-of-the-Woods Pasture. However, this means it skips a lot of the scenic aspect of the longer trail, while offering a stream-side experience…

Grace and Hope
We’ve been talking the last couple weeks about extending grace to others and calling them higher rather than trying to mold those people and situations to fit our expectations. A MeWe friend commented, “We live in hope, not expectation.…

Gold Hill via Bull of the Woods Pasture
Gold Hill was probably one of the most peaceful, most beautiful trails I took on our trek across the southwest last summer. There was a quality to it that was nothing short of pleasant – a ramble through the wilderness…

Giving Grace and Calling Higher
Last week we talked about how giving grace to the people and situations around us can have untold benefits: benefits of peace in our own hearts, benefits of allowing people grow into the reality that God has for them.…

Expectation, Reality, and Disappointment
There are a few national parks that have been a disappointment to me. To others, they are the best-of-the-best, but I found them a disappointment. The problem was that I was looking for something else in them – I wasn’t…

Hidden Densmore Falls
There are many hidden waterfalls in the eastern US. Many are protected by state or local parks, but there are so many that many are on private or not-quite-private property. In search of one of these waterfalls on not-quite-private…