Month: November 2013 (page 3 of 3)

Friday Fitness Hike

Twelve of us met on Friday to hike the Scenic Trail.  Nick, Janet, Linda, and I continued on, eventually getting in a total of eleven miles for the day.

Midway up the first hill on the Scenic Trail:

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Yay!  We’re at the petroglyph.2013-11-08-DSC00879-medium

Looking out at the McDowells…

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Red Mountain:

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Looking east from the Scenic Trail’s ridgeline.2013-11-08-DSC00900-medium

A view to the northeast…

2013-11-08-DSC00923-medium An interesting palo verde tree with Four Peaks in the background:

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Linda looks up at a saguaro with lots of arms:

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Returning to the Scenic Trail:

2013-11-08-DSC01052-1-medium A view of the ridgeline that we had hiked earlier in the day:

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Eleven miles total!

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Girl with Kitten at Moline Airport

I saw this girl with her kitten at the Moline Airport.  She told me that she had just gotten this kitten and that it didn’t have a name yet.  She was traveling to California to visit a friend.

2013-11-02-DSC00743-medium 2013-11-02-DSC00754-medium 2013-11-02-DSC00758-medium 2013-11-02-DSC00764-mediumI took this photo, below, on the way to Denver.

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Preemption, IL

Not far from Moline is the town of Preemption.  We stopped and took this picture on our way back to the airport on Saturday.

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Henderson County Covered Bridge

My father and I stopped to look at the Henderson County Covered Bridge while traveling through western Illinois recently.  This bridge goes over Henderson Creek and is south of Oquawka on IL 164.2013-10-31-DSC00255-medium 2013-10-31-DSC00244-medium 2013-10-31-DSC00203-medium 2013-10-31-DSC00213-medium 2013-10-31-DSC00219-1-medium 2013-10-31-DSC00231-medium 2013-10-31-DSC00237-medium 2013-10-31-DSC00240-medium