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20 February 2014

Hiking: McDowell Sonoran Conservatory, Lost Dog Wash Trailhead, Old Jeep Trail

Very large rats nest, domed with cholla.

Frank at the Taliesin Overlook.

I *heart* you too trail.

I wandered off trail and found the ashes of someones loved one, and dried roses.

A very popular saguaro to nest inside.

Old Jeep Trail, 5.7 miles. Lowest elevation 1659', highest elevation 2079', for an elevation gain of 420'.
(YTD: 51)

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27 September 2013

Hiking: McDowell Sonoran Preserve, Gateway Loop Trail

Gateway Saddle trail, just under 5 miles.

Our hike leader, Marshall.

At the Gateway Saddle, 2,378' elevation. Not a flattering photo but proof that I was there.

The two lovely ladies I spent the majority of the hike with. One from the Philippines and one from Haiti.

Prayer of Saint Francis Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
Where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive.
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

Amen.