The 4th of July fell on a Wednesday but felt like a Saturday for me, which was quite enjoyable. We first went to Savers to go thrift shopping. There was a 30% off sale for members, not as good as their usual 50% off for everybody, but it's Savers, we had to go. I got less than usual but came out with some pretty cute things. After that we went past Santa Fe to go hiking somewhere in the Pecos wilderness, here's some shots from the "easy" hike. (It wasn't easy, far from it actually. 2 hours, breathing out of my mouth, sore and tired afterwards.)
July 2012
I thought this was pretty cool the way this branch was bent.
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The hike was pretty neat, at first. I'm not a huge fan of hiking and so as it went on I decided never to hike this type of trail again. I loved the trees and being in the wilderness, it's definitly not what I'm used to. I kind of wished though to see some sort of decaying animal, but sadly didn't come across any.
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I saw a lot of these trees that looked as though they had eyes, very cool.
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There were also quite a few trees with messages written from other hikers that have healed over like scars.