I love these photos of my best friend, Kate. The one of her looking out over a Colorado mountain lake, kneeling at its utter majesty, illustrates Kate's fundamental humility, curiosity, and open wonder of our world. Her surrender to the landscape is as much a vision as the landscape itself.
And, like any authentic cowgirl, Kate knows the right moment to throw back a sip of Early Times on a mountain hike. (Just look at the relief...)
Kate, I love you, gal. I'll drink a swig of bourbon to the hope that we walk these mountains the rest of our lives!