Picture of sunrise in Pocatello on trail

[Amore55]

I hike in the morning at sunrise and I tend to take too many sunrise pictures. This is just one of the many pictures I have taken. There are two trails. The one I go on the most is very dry. So I tried a different one. It was lush and green, with a creek running through it. I went deeper and deeper into the “forest” at sunrise. I got the creeps. I felt as though someone was watching me. When I shared this with my good friend, she said that there are mountain lions on that section of trail! Well! No wonder I felt creepy. I have not been back there. I stick to the dry trail! Love to all, Kelly

[bxrmom]

Beautiful!

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador]

Mà Amore55 mountain lions, rattlesnakes, spider's 😔 cougar's! Dude!! What are you thinking!!! You are grounded!!😐 Amazing picture, it almost looks like you got a solar flare in there to!! 🤗💕🌠

[Amore55 in reply to Jesmcd2]

Lions, tigers and bears…oh, my!

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador in reply to Amore55]

😐 See the amusement on my face? 😐 G. R. O. U. N. D. E. D. ! Missy! 🤗💕🌠

[falalalala]

Beautiful!

[jimeka]

Is that a phone camera, it takes good photos 👍

[Amore55 in reply to jimeka]

Yes, just my Apple iphone. I’m happy with the quality of pictures.

[NorasMom]

No such thing as "too many sunrise pictures"! Keep it up, but please stay off that other trail. And carry bear spray or something with you.

[Amore55 in reply to NorasMom]

☺️😊

[twooldcrows]

wow ...great pictures but you had better check out where you are at and if there are any things that can happen around you ..wow...scary but great picture...be careful...

[Amore55 in reply to twooldcrows]

I will be very careful, thank you! 🤗

[Koalagreen]

Nice! Why lions?

[JSSimp]

Beauriful🙏🏾

[MsBoo]

Wonderful picture! Ya, it's best to sick to your gut feelings.. they are usually true! Sometimes pretty is not so good.. in many things.. haha

Have more wonderful hikes..

Good wishes,

Cathy

[goatgal]

That creepy feeling while hiking is often instinctual. Somewhere, I read that we humans retained some of the codes that allowed us to survive when we came down out of the trees. These codes are triggered in our visual field below the perceptual level: one leaf that moves differently among the others on a branch, certain patterns or shadows will raise the hair on arms, or give someone an uneasy feeling...but it comes from an age when we were not yet apex predators but were still prey. Other times, that creepy feeling comes from a fellow human met along the way.

[Amore55 in reply to goatgal]

That certainly makes sense. I know that I was very aware of a feeling of unease and I listened to that feeling.

[goatgal in reply to Amore55]

That's wise, especially in mountain lion country. My dog and I used to walk a trail with a warning at the trailhead about sightings of rattlesnakes and mountain lions in the vicinity. It was somewhat open, but every once in a while one particular spot would give me the creeps, making me walk a little more quickly. Even in a densely populated place like Los Angeles, occasionally a solo hiker or mountain biker will be attacked by a mountain lion on a popular trail.

[falalalala in reply to Amore55]

I'm glad you did.

Every time I ignored that kind of thing I've regretted it.

Particularly when it comes to people.

[Neworleanslady]

It’s great that you walk everyday

[Brindisi1]

Eautiful picture to remember trail by

[Sandydemop]

Hi Kelly, glad you trusted your instincts and won't go back there despite the photo-ops, You must get up very early to hike and catch sunrises. Well done!

[Tazmanian]

Be careful! 🐆

[mrsmike9]

That is lovely but at Minimum, carry a cane with you! (I'm thinking "weapon".)

[NorasMom in reply to mrsmike9]

The kind that has a sabre in the handle.

[BlanketTime1]

oh no! that would be scary; glad you're okay.