If you think of locations as paintings, the artist uses a slightly different color palette in each one. This is of course part of what makes places recognizable, some more than others – the combination of the color palette, mountainous or flat terrain, building styles or other context clues from the human environment. Waking up slightly disoriented the first day of this camp, I could look out the window and see the tan-brown grasslands, bright golden aspen leaves and greyish higher mountains that marked my location as in the West, particularly Utah. Definitely not in Vermont anymore. Continue reading “Five favorites from 2 weeks West”
US Olympian. Cross-country skier and trail runner. Get outside and play on the trails and mountains!
Caitlin Patterson 