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	<title>Away From the Grind &#187; Roger Ludwig</title>
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		<title>White Rock Canyon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Ludwig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wyoming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glyphs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicine Bow National Forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White Rock Canyon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Secrets of White Rock Canyon There is a canyon on the north end of the Medicine Bows that few know. Its shadowed walls hold hidden secrets, discretely placed, hushing those who encounter them. Here the solid remains of an ancient dune field, nestled into the granite range, have been exposed by tumbling waters. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rafting the Cache la Poudre</title>
		<link>http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/hiking/colorado/rafting-the-cache-la-poudre</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Ludwig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cache la poudre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ft. Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poudre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rafting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I went into the Room of Doom, through the Maze, down the Devil’s Staircase. And that was just the start. After Decapitation there was Cardiac. I nearly ended in the Pine Box. It was my wife’s idea. She said our 35th wedding anniversary needed some adrenaline. That got me worried. What did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White Rock Canyon</title>
		<link>http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/hiking/wyoming/white-rock-canyon</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Ludwig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wyoming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicine Bow Mountains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicine Bow National Forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White Rock Canyon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/?p=486</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Highlights: A sandstone canyon sporting two tall rock pillars inscribed with glyphs from the cowboy era, a laughing stream and a lush growth of pines. Location: Near Arlington on the north edge of the Medicine Bow Mountains. Total Distance: One to two miles down and back. Elevations: Rim, 8280’; Floor 8060’ Maps: USGS White Rock [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coyote Ridge in Ft. Collins Open Space</title>
		<link>http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/hiking/colorado/coyote-ridge-in-ft-collins-open-space</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 01:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Ludwig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blue sky trail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coyote Ridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ft. Collins opens space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[larmier county open space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rimrock open space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rimrock trail]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/?p=479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Itching to get out and stretch your legs? Restless? A warm breeze, a few daffodils, robins hopping about the yard will do that to a person. But here on these high plains all our favorite tramping grounds are bound in snow or slippery with mud. What’s a person to do? Drop about a thousand feet. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walking from winter to summer in six hours:  Hiking the Grand Canyon in Spring</title>
		<link>http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/hiking/arizona/walking-from-winter-to-summer-in-six-hours-hiking-the-grand-canyon-in-spring</link>
		<comments>http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/hiking/arizona/walking-from-winter-to-summer-in-six-hours-hiking-the-grand-canyon-in-spring#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Ludwig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bright angel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bright angel campground]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grand Canyon Hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phantom ranch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[south kaibab]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/?p=469</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This spring break we walked from winter to summer in just less than six hours. Breakfast was in the crunch of icy snow. Supper was prepared in the give of soft sand, an 80 degree sun baking the winter freeze from my old bones. The quickest way to summer is not to drive south but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cross Country Skiing at Happy Jack Ski Trails</title>
		<link>http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/hiking/wyoming/cross-country-skiing-at-happy-jack-ski-trails</link>
		<comments>http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/hiking/wyoming/cross-country-skiing-at-happy-jack-ski-trails#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Ludwig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wyoming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cross Country Skiing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happy Jack Ski Trails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nordic Skiing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pole Mountain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Shooshhh, shooshhh, shooshhh,” the snow whispers to the skis. “Shooshhh, shooshhh, shooshhh….” A gentle compress of snow hovers on each fir’s flat needles, as if to cool the overheated exertion of a summer’s growth. This forest, dry and rocky and ignored in summer, has been enchanted, spell bound. The sun, gazing soft and low from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year’s in Rocky Mountain National Park:  You can set up the year just right.</title>
		<link>http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/hiking/colorado/new-year%e2%80%99s-in-rocky-mountain-national-park-you-can-set-up-the-year-just-right</link>
		<comments>http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/hiking/colorado/new-year%e2%80%99s-in-rocky-mountain-national-park-you-can-set-up-the-year-just-right#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Ludwig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bear lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dream lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emerald lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[estes park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rocky Mountain National Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snoweshoe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snowshoeing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/?p=461</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend Sue said that the way you spend New Year’s Day is how you will spend the rest of the year. “Chinese tradition,“ she said. Wow. So how could I have a really great day and set fate on a roll to a splendid year? Picture this: effortlessly gliding across a sparkling snow field [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Winter Pilgrimage to Sedona</title>
		<link>http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/hiking/arizona/the-winter-pilgrimage-to-sedona</link>
		<comments>http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/hiking/arizona/the-winter-pilgrimage-to-sedona#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Ludwig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boynton Canyon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cathedral Rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking Sedona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sedona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sedona hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spiritual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vortex]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/?p=446</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I understand that in the middle ages people didn’t take vacations. They took pilgrimages. These were journeys, long or short, with a destination of spiritual import. Relic remains of holy men and women were a special draw. Central to the trek was a hope that something divine would happen to them There was interesting company, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unintentionally lighting a fire for National Parks</title>
		<link>http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/hiking/washington/unintentionally-lighting-a-fire-for-national-parks</link>
		<comments>http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/hiking/washington/unintentionally-lighting-a-fire-for-national-parks#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Ludwig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cascade Pass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hoseshoe Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mt. Shuksan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Parks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades National Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sahle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stehekin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A spark, like the arc of fire as steel strikes flint, fell with each postcard. It was the summer of 1961 and the postman brought a card nearly each day. I tried to meet him on the steps. Glossy spectachrome, some with scalloped edges, some sheer. Photos of the our national parks. The badlands, great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rock Creek &#8211; Deep Creek Trail, WY</title>
		<link>http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/hiking/wyoming/rock-creek-deep-creek-trail</link>
		<comments>http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/hiking/wyoming/rock-creek-deep-creek-trail#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Ludwig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wyoming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crater Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deep Creek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicine Bow National Forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rock Creek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southeast Wyoming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Highlights: A lovely, long trail following the creeks of a deep, shady canyon.  It’s a popular place to stretch out because it’s so easy to get to, so well constructed and the surroundings are so peaceful and expansive.  The trail was given National Recreation Trails certification back in 1979 and along with the recognition received [...]]]></description>
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