More Roots Along the Quiet Miles to Puzzle Over

This Trail Break goes with my story, Roots Along the Quiet Miles, about planting living memories along the long ride. You can read the full post, but meanwhile, enjoy this puzzle that goes with it.

Trail Break 1: Tree planting word search

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This little Trail Break grows out of our tree planting project on the Quiet Miles. The words below come from some of the people, plants, and places that shape this part of the ride.

You can print this page, or take a screenshot and mark the words as you find them. Words may run forward, backward, up, down, or diagonal.

• BRIAN
• KOU
• OAK
• PONDEROSA
• SAGUARO
• JUNIPER
• WILLOW
• COTTONWOOD
• MESQUITE
• LUPINE
• SAGE
• CEDAR
• REDBUD
• PINYON
• HAWTHORN

P I N Y O N H B R I A N T T L
C E D A R D Q D K X F T F R U
W I L L O W U O G G A P E Q P
N P M I G B U E G S P P A F I
C W H F D B I F O C I V Q J N
O A P E B W G R C N O L D G E
T Z R S I Q E Y U N N S O J I
T J Z U M D O J R U A R U K M
O K S E N T V O X P A T H E R
N R P O L S H O A U Q F S Q N
W G P D T T Q I G P W Q J S O
O P A Q W W S A G E U Q T W B
O D H A U U S H A I O A K S A
D G H X I A A C T B E V M J O
B O M M K Q W E Q L E H U L T

If you like this Trail Break, you can find more puzzles collected on our Trail Breaks on the Quiet Miles page.