tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post187325039662088654..comments2024-02-08T03:19:48.451-07:00Comments on Box Canyon Blog.com: Days Of Waning Light and Warmth, Looking for Postcards Outside the Turnstiled Confines Of Our National TreasuresBox Canyon Blog.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07032055509766739436noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-39807001789897837832014-09-23T22:33:42.954-06:002014-09-23T22:33:42.954-06:00The aspens are amazing. This was our first opport...The aspens are amazing. This was our first opportunity with the aspens in the fall. The trees have all turned all the way down to Glacier. We were in awe.<br /><br />Those last few photos on the rainbow are gorgeous!!John and Pam (ohtheplacestheygo.wordpress.com)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10853924678665624403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-29629564632210634662014-09-23T05:31:07.644-06:002014-09-23T05:31:07.644-06:00Hurray for your point of view. Being aware of wat...Hurray for your point of view. Being aware of wat is around me in real time leads to some awesome moments of experiencing nature's wonders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-85673517011058236002014-09-22T17:05:33.204-06:002014-09-22T17:05:33.204-06:00And it was the Ridgeway hut. Lovely area.And it was the Ridgeway hut. Lovely area.Box Canyon Blog.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07032055509766739436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-3402699324744420922014-09-22T17:04:21.951-06:002014-09-22T17:04:21.951-06:00Wow, sounds like you know the area pretty well. It...Wow, sounds like you know the area pretty well. It is the Wilson Creek segment that takes off the basin trail. More specifically it was the Wilson Creek summitBox Canyon Blog.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07032055509766739436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-75108953638617373792014-09-22T15:12:40.487-06:002014-09-22T15:12:40.487-06:00Would you mind elaborating on the location of your...Would you mind elaborating on the location of your "Overlook" ??<br />Is that along the Blaine Basin Trail ?? Or the Wilson Creek Trail ??<br /><br />And the pictured Hut - Blue Lakes or Ridgeway ??Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07408302521442390227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-59108497271982621452014-09-22T12:29:50.467-06:002014-09-22T12:29:50.467-06:00I didn't know about these Hut to Hut adventure...I didn't know about these Hut to Hut adventures. I would love to do a couple of those one day! (Well, the 7 to 10 mile bits, not the 20 mile ones!) Your gold, golden, and Goldie theme is glorious!Suzannehttp://www.taketothehighway.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-26384074491552301792014-09-22T08:16:15.596-06:002014-09-22T08:16:15.596-06:00Well now, that is the root of the problem…not only...Well now, that is the root of the problem…not only for our national treasures, but for Mankind and the social ills that plague our planet. A good read is "Apocalyptic Planet" by Craig Childs (a local best selling author). It's not as doom and gloom as the title suggests…there is hope, but it is dependent upon action. I did my part…one child. I grew up during the Population Bomb era…a scary book that didn't quite unfold like the author thought it would…but eventually it will happen. In Apocalyptic Planet, Childs points out that the earth will resolve the global warming problem on it's own, that all it will take is an eruption of one of the five super volcanos…three of which are in the western u. s. a., Yellowstone being the most likely scenario, since it is long overdue and the whole park is bulging upwards at an ever increasing rate the last few years. The result will be a sudden onset of another Ice Age…not over thousands of years, but immediate…within two years massive crop failure, and starvation and freezing ass cold. Glaciers will reform and the planet will "reset" so to speak...Box Canyon Blog.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07032055509766739436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-44012043897103585922014-09-22T07:59:16.260-06:002014-09-22T07:59:16.260-06:00Everyone seems to miss the nasty big Ol' goril...Everyone seems to miss the nasty big Ol' gorilla in the corner... the problem is NOT too many people in the parks. THAT is only just the "Canary in the Coal Mine".<br /><br />THE basic issue is too many two legged locusts on the planet...<br /><br />You can open more "parks"... you can build more roads to get to 'em... and you can build bigger pants for the guy who weighs 437 pounds. Yeah. He's not fat... he's a BBB; A big beautiful boy... but all of that is just pretending it can go on forever without dealing with the rot in the foundation.<br /><br />The point is the "Issues" of rudeness, callousness, increased psychotic behaviour and all the other maladies that could be listed come, when distilled down to the bare bones... from too many people competing for the same. Finite. Resources. <br /><br />I did my part. 1+1= one child... a negative birth rate. and now... I'm saddling up and riding out what's left.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04393694530214889235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-33748312195610761882014-09-22T07:12:04.991-06:002014-09-22T07:12:04.991-06:00I too complain about the crowds in the Parks, but ...I too complain about the crowds in the Parks, but wouldn't give them up for anything. After all, they protect some of the very best parts of our country and our nations good intentions. <br /><br />Those mountain rainbow shots are marvelous!Metamorphosis Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07637866156639686101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-22467586362215045302014-09-21T17:18:35.585-06:002014-09-21T17:18:35.585-06:00No, it's Sad what has happen to our World. Mys...No, it's Sad what has happen to our World. Myself like all the above it's obvious we are all "Boomers" and are partially responsible for the World we find ourselves in today. To me there is no greater pleasure than being out in Nature and behind that traveling the world and experiencing other peoples customs different than our own. We are without doubt the Luckiest Generation to have lived on this Planet! <br />Lets just hope the governmental planners of the future are listening to Mark & everyone else. We humans are just one tiny part of Nature, no different than the Birds of the Sky, the Fish in the Sea and the Trees on our hillsides. In the End we are All One. <br />Let's pray the generations following us will take the lead and make this planet something generations in the future will be just as excited about discovering as we experienced in our youth.<br />Shouldn't have to apologize for speaking the Truth. You can shout a little louder if you want Mark, can only help.<br /><br />Sonoma Co guy <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-15214609840356474022014-09-21T13:58:16.791-06:002014-09-21T13:58:16.791-06:00Laverne here:
First, let me thank you again for t...Laverne here:<br /><br />First, let me thank you again for the postcards...I really appreciate them....I don't know how many times I have said how I wish everyone could see Yellowstone as I saw it some 40 plus years ago. We drove the narrow paved roads, pulled in behind a couple of cars pulled off road...no one got out of their car, and we saw all the wildlife we wanted....it is very sad what has happened to our National Parks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-72260580380749024512014-09-21T13:38:25.265-06:002014-09-21T13:38:25.265-06:00Don't mess with the facade, Susan. :))
We need...Don't mess with the facade, Susan. :))<br />We need to work out details on getting together!!! Box Canyon Blog.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07032055509766739436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-59615073065067449392014-09-21T11:08:46.448-06:002014-09-21T11:08:46.448-06:00Yes. Wise #2 (Susan) is looking very much forward...Yes. Wise #2 (Susan) is looking very much forward to spending time with you and Bobbie. AND BOONIE who is one of the kindest humblest people in person. Sorry to blow your cover my dear friend :) -SusanMaikelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07268267480736098593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-36157787952477723052014-09-21T11:00:04.053-06:002014-09-21T11:00:04.053-06:00on another note, occasionally there is a survey in...on another note, occasionally there is a survey in a national park questioning my willingness to wait 2 to 4 years for a more solitary turnstile experience. I would wait, I would reserve for my one time view of our most treasured places, and like Sherry says, go camp in the monuments in the mean time. Except for Capitol Reef of course. Not hard to find a solitary experience there if you take the back roads.Sue Malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00332448503740101970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-35968603906176802992014-09-21T10:58:26.153-06:002014-09-21T10:58:26.153-06:00ahhhh. Sunday morning post cards. Love it, Booni...ahhhh. Sunday morning post cards. Love it, Boonie be danged. I guess I must have read your previous post before all the hoopla because I didn't hear a thing. Can't help agreeing with you on all counts...aka...tie up as much land as possible...and don't go if you can help it during high season. That being said, I do have to selfishly say that the possibility of less and less wilderness without turnstiles and hoards of people makes me quite glad I am approaching the end of my 7th decade. I am old enough to remember solitude and will not have to live long enough to see it go away completely.Sue Malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00332448503740101970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-6695516963593739192014-09-21T10:49:37.885-06:002014-09-21T10:49:37.885-06:00There you go again with those pictures that look l...There you go again with those pictures that look like paintings. Love the aspen leaves, the trio and the full house. But the rainbow is just too much! Couldn't agree more that we are loving our parks to death and that week-days and shoulder seasons are the only times to go. But we have to be somewhere for June/July/August so we've learned that if you are out EARLY, you'll be among the few and that if you just sit out the week-ends, it's not tooo bad. Reservations for those 3 months to just enter the parks may be necessary. Sad but true. There aren't enough parks. Too much concrete. I know I'm preaching to the choir here. Try the national monuments....great places not so "discovered". Keep Ken Burns out. :-)Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328866430156879312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-87458748318615079262014-09-21T10:14:11.028-06:002014-09-21T10:14:11.028-06:00Oh you are making me lust for aspens. Those yellow...Oh you are making me lust for aspens. Those yellow hues get me every time. And by the way I'm totally with you on the NPs. I'm all for preservation of nature, but the NPs are extremely crowded. They are gorgeous places with beautiful nature and thousands of people...for the most part. We rarely visit or stay in them except for day trips. It does give me mixed feelings. And sarcasm...you? Would never have guessed.<br />NinaWheelingithttp://wheelingit.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-79892103812324162032014-09-21T09:52:27.376-06:002014-09-21T09:52:27.376-06:00Clarification can be good thing. Another point, ...Clarification can be good thing. Another point, What else should one do when all the major sights have been visited. My experience has also shown me that the minor ( tongue and cheek) sights are often just as rewarding. It is good to stir the pot once in a while.......stir away!klbexploreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294131539793643894noreply@blogger.com