The most difficult dilemma of my day–with just a little time for photography on the fly, do I point the camera at flowers? Or magnificent mountains under a blue sky? The easy stuff was hiking, kicking rocks and flicking sticks off the trail, cutting logs and brush. Crossing snow on slopes was a little trickier, digging boot treads into the sun-softened mush.

Ran out of water two miles from the truck. Next week I pack another quart, or the water filter. This evening I rehydrate and rest.

And that dilemma? Turning the or into and was most satisfying.