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This past summer an inspirational woman named Christy Rosander (trail name Rockin') hiked a portion of the Continental Divide Trail (CDT). I follow her blog, Lady on a Rock - check it out to read more about her adventures. I started following her blog a couple years ago and a year ago or so, asked her permission to use one of her photos to use a reference for a painting - I blogged about it here.

So this is how cool Rockin' is. She teaches 5th grade and spends her summer's hiking through trails like the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) and the CDT. This of course takes a lot planning throughout the year. And it takes incredible endurance during the hike. She logged almost 1200 miles in 61 days! When she returned and posted her photo albums on Flickr, I come across a beautiful aspen photo and it is named "a painting" - so I could not resist and posted on her blog about how much I loved her entire album, but especially that particular photo. She replies she actually took that photo with ME in mind! Can you imagine all that goes into hiking 1200 grueling miles and to think about me, who she's never met, and take a photo that I might use for a painting?!

So here it is! Hope you enjoy it.