Morning Sunrise~ Santa Fe,  New Mexico

"How Glorious a Greeting the Sun Gives the Mountains!"

                    

                             ~John Muir

"The Mountains Are Calling... and I Must Go."

                      ~John Muir

And go I did! My soul was longing for a little recreation... so I headed off to one of my favorite mountains.

Looks like no shortage of snow!

After a bit of a trek, I arrived at the Sierra Club Hut... it's almost completely buried!

Time for a break~ snowshoe bliss!

A curious bird approaches...

somehow I caught him in mid-hop...

then he just poses for me... what a character!

Climbing higher... an open expanse of whiteness  & solitude... the only sound I hear is the crunching of my snowshoes as they meet the windswept snow.

I sit quietly... and take in the view from above tree line.

I am very happy :)... and remember I need to do this more often.

Mount Shasta

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.

                                            ~Frank Lloyd Wright

No matter how many times I drive past this mountain, I am always compelled to stop, to look, to breathe it in, to photograph it. This is not the best photo & by no means captures the absolute beauty of this powerful mountain. I've been lucky enough to climb to it's summit twice, to hike & snowshoe on it's flanks a handful of times... and to just sit & contemplate more times than I can remember. There is just something about the beauty of mountains, this one in particular, that gives me that warm feeling of peace in my heart.