from Colorado
Thanks, DorothyMH! It actually wasn't too difficult of a hike from an elevation/terrain standpoint, but my husband and I stopped a lot to identify plants along the way! My husband especially has been getting interested in learning about native plants and edible wild plants. We learned recently that the Google Photos app has a feature called Google Lens, which can help identify plants in a photo. So, we have been using that as we hike to identify plants and flowers. It is quite fun!
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We went through a phase like that when we were still both working. All we had were books, tho! Take a pic in the field, go home, leaf through and find the plant. Some times it took a while
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07/21/21 - Wednesday
📌 Daily Gratitude
📌 Meditation
Power Up
Push-Ups & Squats Challenge - Day 20 (25-25-25-20 squats)
Push-Ups & Squats Challenge - Day 21 (3 x 15 incline push-ups)
Neck Mobility Workout
CDT Colorado Virtual Hike - 58 minute walk outside (2.3 mi / 3.7 km)
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Consecutive Days of Exercise: 465
Consecutive Days of Meditation: 447
Daily Dares Completed: 136
Daily Dares (EC) Completed: 123
CDT Colorado Virtual Hike Progress: 477.7 mi / 736 mi (768.8 km / 1184 km) - 64.9%Comment
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07/22/21 - Thursday
📌 Daily Gratitude
📌 Meditation
Power Up
Push-Ups & Squats Challenge - Day 22 (5 x 20 squats)
CDT Colorado Virtual Hike - 41 minute walk outside (2.1 mi / 3.4 km)
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Consecutive Days of Exercise: 466
Consecutive Days of Meditation: 448
Daily Dares Completed: 136
Daily Dares (EC) Completed: 123
CDT Colorado Virtual Hike Progress: 479.8 mi / 736 mi (772.2 km / 1184 km) - 65.2%Comment
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Whirly, have you tried iNaturalist? I only use the website. But they have a smart phone app. It works initially via image recognition, like Google Lens. But the community of iNaturalist users then have the ability to review your submissions and either agree with your pick for a species or suggest something different. IDing is very accurate for things like birds (because there are many birders and therefore many photos for the software to learn from and also many experienced human eyeballs reviewing your submissions). But there are subject matter experts in other fields as well who review submissions to the site. (All of my submissions for butterflies, wildflowers, trees, and bees--plus a few other more specialized niches--get reviewed by professionals pretty quickly.) Plus the site will catalogue all of your observations for you. So you have a record of how many species you have observed, on which dates you first observed them, and where, etc. You can try your hand at identifying other peoples photos too, which helps you practise your own ID skills.Comment
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Rainbow Dragon, yes, I actually signed up for iNaturalist last year after you mentioned it (or linked to it) on your thread! I haven't done too much with it yet, but my husband recently heard about their phone app, so I downloaded it a few days ago to try out. I do like the idea of having a record of my observations in addition to just identifying them, plus it is pretty awesome that other users review/verify your identifications! If you are interested, here is my iNaturalist profile.Comment
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07/23/21 - Friday
📌 Daily Gratitude
📌 Meditation
Power Up - Day 28
Push-Ups & Squats Challenge - Day 23 (3 x 15 incline push-ups)
CDT Colorado Virtual Hike - 41 + 42 minute walks outside (4.3 mi / 6.9 km)
After falling off the Power Up wagon for nearly 3 weeks, I finally picked up where I had left off. Only 2 more days to go now until badge day!
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Consecutive Days of Exercise: 467
Consecutive Days of Meditation: 449
Daily Dares Completed: 136
Daily Dares (EC) Completed: 123
CDT Colorado Virtual Hike Progress: 484.1 mi / 736 mi (779.1 km / 1184 km) - 65.8%Comment
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Go get it!!
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Great job getting back to Power Up!Comment
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07/24/21 - Saturday
📌 Daily Gratitude
📌 Meditation
Power Up - Day 29
Push-Ups & Squats Challenge - Day 24 (40-35-30 squats)
CDT Colorado Virtual Hike - 41 minute walk/run (12 minutes running) + 66 minute walk outside (4.0 mi / 6.4 km)
Thanks DorothyMH and basecamp!
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Consecutive Days of Exercise: 468
Consecutive Days of Meditation: 450
Daily Dares Completed: 136
Daily Dares (EC) Completed: 123
CDT Colorado Virtual Hike Progress: 488.1 mi / 736 mi (785.5 km / 1184 km) - 66.3%Comment
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07/25/21 - Sunday
📌 Daily Gratitude
📌 Meditation
Power Up - too tired from all the hiking!
Push-Ups & Squats Challenge - Day 25 (3 x 16 incline push-ups)
CDT Colorado Virtual Hike - 5 hours 30 minutes hiking/exploring outside (5.5 mi / 8.9 km)
My husband and I spent the day hiking & exploring at a state park:
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Consecutive Days of Exercise: 469
Consecutive Days of Meditation: 451
Daily Dares Completed: 136
Daily Dares (EC) Completed: 123
CDT Colorado Virtual Hike Progress: 493.6 mi / 736 mi (794.4 km / 1184 km) - 67.1%Comment
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Beautiful! You're so lucky to have such a trail near you!Comment
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Awesome! Which state park is this?Comment
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Wow those pictures are amazing! I love seeing photos from bees in other areas, your landscapes are very different to mine.Comment
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A chipmunk!
And the views are beautiful too.
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