Go for a Hike

Set aside time from your busy schedule to be with the Whole Earth. Pay special attention to the grand diversity of creation happening all about. Slow down and take your time. Here in Denver there are plenty of local trails.

1. Are you pining for deciduous forest and marshes? Wander about the Wetlands Loop Trail in Cherry Creek State Park.

2. Take in wide views of the foothils and sweeping sunsets from the Summit Loop Trail of Green Mountain at William Hayden Park.

3. Spend time with the fall colors of towering cottonwood trees along the Highline Canal Trail, immediately southwest of First Plymouth.

4. Are you looking for wildlife? Starting mid-fall, keep an eye out for elk and mule deer along the Grubstake Loop of Apex Park.

5. If the long developments of geology capture your imagination, access the hogback formation on the Dinosaur Ridge trail. Of course, you will find dinosaur tracks, too!

6. Do you have a night to get away? Backpack into the Sawmill Campground from the west entrance of White Ranch Park. Take in the stars and sea of city lights from your campfire, then wake for a blazing sunrise over the high plains.

7. In May, catalogue the panopoly of wildflowers along the Basalt Cap Loop of South Table Mountain.

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Picture: Wild Flower, White Ranch Park, June 2010.