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Bulgaria: Our first of 4 visits to the country: We it find a unique and fascinating country to enjoy.

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Jen heading for Vihren Peak, the final stage of a remarkable adventure. (Pirin Mountain Range). Partway up to numerous destinations, the brief stop allows for a break at Bezbog Lake. Continuing to the peak of Mount Vihren, the second highest mountain in Bulgaria (by a couple of meters). After walking along Vihren Peak, time to return via the long route back. Jen is startled to learn that we still have far to climb to achieve, at least, some success. Sitting high up on the mountain, but still way below Vihren Mount, while absorbing as much as possible, which is in fact, very little. (Bansko ski village). Reaching a smaller, but testing peak at Mount Polezon. (Popovo Lake at rear). Allow nature to complete the picture (and everything else). Taking advantage of the short-duration, but overwhelming autumn season. Stepping out using a new style to negotiate the rocks...so he says. Jen faces a dilemma: 'To turn or to continue, that...

Utah: A State, a land that offers any opportunity to those brave (and brazen) enough to seize...with both hands.

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An incredible experience, one which we completed on three occasions over our stay. Spenser Trail, built by a Mormon, that enabled him visit his families via a short-cut, periodically. A flow of the river around Page, Arizona, an amazing treasure of both hidden and exposed opportunity. "So where to from here, Madam?"        "Surprise me, James, let's move on."   Jen is barely visible. There are a number of different routes to follow. Jen chooses a 'fun' path. Another spectacular position on this amazing trail. The variety helps deal with the boredom...'Yak, yak'...as we hear in the mountains of Nepal. Looking a little wild out there. What can one add to these scenes? Preferably nothing; they were completed by the Master Himself. Love this scene with its myriad of incomplete aspects forming the whole. Please do not tell us you are lost or confused. And that is why I follow the mighty Colorado River as it passes th...

In the wild and rugged West, the beauty never ceases to amaze or bewilder...(shorter summers would be nice.)

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Caution is called for as Jen negotiates a very slippery slope. Castle Rock, Eggbert. Reaching for heights and more. More than a passing glance, we might append. (Tucson, Arizona.) The fabulous 'Mesquite Flats' linked to Gold Canyon (Death Valley National Park.) Once again, it arrives with a challenge, for a change. A nice position, indeed. She has the right connections, obviously. A bridge headed for trouble, and then onwards and into the canyon. Haflin Creek in glorious color. Okay, okay, you win this round...maybe, a few still to follow. A little modesty would we nice, too, Big Boy. Fulfills the role of a lookout, in a fashion. Moving along an American treasure, The Amazing Colorado River...only a tiny fraction of it...reflecting. Very nice, most interesting, with a surprise waiting. (Lake Mead National Park.) The first leg is the commencement, followed by the planning stage, thereafter, guess work. Hoodoo land or something like that....