Easily the best benefit to full-timing...

[westcoastas]

I picked up 24-hr flu on New Year's Eve, had some chicken noodle soup and hot chocolate, and then spent the night under the blankies 'cuz I had to work New Year's Day. A beautiful thin blanket of that famous dry Utah powder snuck in during the night and laid out a beautiful quiet morning - what a wonderful start to a new year here at Snow Canyon, Utah!

[FishinHatteras]

Beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing. The third shot should be your Christmas card next year, and your signature photo. Stunning!
Keep Streamin',
Gavin

[westcoastas]

But after getting off work, when you're living in the outdoors, you can just put on a jacket and go off on a late hike to get away from everybody (well, the five other campground visitors that day). The snow lasted just long enough to change up the canyon walls a bit. I haven't been in snow for about 15 years and I forgot just how quiet it gets, even more than the usual absence of man-made noise. The sun was already going down when I started out but I knew I had a nearly full moon to light the way back home, and besides the short hiking trail has become like a newly made friend - just the two of us making believe we are out there all by ourselves. I think I closed down the park trails for the night.

[westcoastas]

Late night laundry with strangers.

[slowmover]

WalMart at 0130 to make one rethink the whole thing.


from the AIRphone

[Lily&Me]

It's all good.


Maggie

[LiLNomad]

Cracking up at the laundry pict.
LilNomad

[dbj216]

I love the absolute quiet of the Minnesota woods while cross country skiing. The snow makes things quieter I believe, must absorb sound energy. A nice contrasts of photos of the beautiful and the reality of full timing.

David

[PSYS]

beautiful photos!