Signal Peak, Pinos Altos, NM

I can't help feeling some sadness and loss witnessing deforeststation by fire in the once heavily wooded areas north of Silver City. This land is home to a wonderful section of the CDT, Continental Divide Trail. Hiking this trail has always brought me closer to nature and my experience with what I've come to know as a, "tree shower." The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide I  trade with the ponderosa pines present here. Still, there are great expanses of open timberland to become immersed in.