“New Mexico’s favorite iconoclast turns pensive in this ode to his beloved Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the Río Grande. . . . Nichols’s lyrical introductory text hands off the book to his own photographs and brief descriptions that his fiction fans will devour with delight.”—New Mexico Magazine
“Such soulfulness! John Nichols has traveled up and down the highest peaks in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, across the wide plateau that cradles the Río Grande Gorge, and deep into the riverine where he has mastered boulder-dancing and fly-fishing. His photographs portray nature’s artistry, and his prose restores the reader’s mind to Nature’s flow.”—Jack Loeffler, author of Adventures with Ed: A Portrait of Abbey
“This is the book all who love nature would write if only we were John Nichols and had his photographic eye. It’s a photographic scrapbook from a lifetime of observing, experiencing, and loving nature, in all its forms, alone or with children and beloved friends.”—Robert Julyan, author of Hiking to History: A Guide to Off-Road New Mexico Historic Sites
