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“He may be just a tramp, a guy that likes to roam about this great country without any special aim, just to thank the Lord for these beautiful mountains.”
-B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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“. . .here, where there are still the silences and the loneliness of the earth before man, . . .”
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I especially liked the midnight photograph and text.
Beautiful photo and blog in general. It makes me long to travel through the region again and try my own hand at the countless natural wonders in the area. I’ll be sure to come back and look for inspiration here before I do.
Thank you for that thoughtful comment.