In October, ten EarthLinks Workshop participants and three volunteers took nature trips to Look-Out Mountain, the Mother Cabrini Shrine and Buffalo Bill’s Grave. While enjoying brisk fall walks through the Lookout Mountain wildlife preserve, the sun warmed us up and gave us a sense of quiet connection to the earth. We found deer families and Albert’s squirrels doing what they do [...]
On August 10, 2011, our Day Trips into Nature program made an excursion to Alderfer/Three Sisters Park in Evergreen, Colorado. Our trip leader, Beth, volunteer trip assistant, Pam, and six women from the Gathering Place spent all morning enjoying shady mountain trails and open meadows in the park. They hiked through a beautiful evergreen forest [...]
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On Thursday, June 2, 2011, EarthLinks’ Day Trips into Nature program took Workshop participants to spend the day in Eldorado Canyon State Park, near Boulder, Colorado. Participants and volunteers enjoyed a beautiful mountain creek in a magnificent canyon setting, hiked trails with panoramic views, watched rock climbers through binoculars, learned about the geological and recreational [...]
On Wednesday and Thursday, April 27 and 28, EarthLinks’ Day Trips into Nature program took participants from the EarthLinks Workshop and The Gathering Place to see the striking beauty of Roxborough State Park. Participants hiked scenic trails, admired geological formations, and enjoyed a picnic lunch on these beautiful days in nature. Check out more photos [...]
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A hearty group from the Empowerment GED program went to Eldorado Canyon State Park on a beautiful summer day in late July. One participant had recently moved from Phoenix, having just finished an inpatient recovery program; she had never been to the mountains before this trip. The theme of the day’s hike was “Transitions — in our world and [...]
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