:: Sunday, October 12, 2003 ::

I climbed a mountain yesterday.

It takes about an hour to hike to the top of Mt. Erskine - give or take - an hour of this beautiful steep trail through a forest of evergreen and the occasional maple and arbutus. It was raining yesterday, all foggy, all the leaves were shiny, and everything looked even more magical. When you get near the top you run across things like gnome doors built into the rocks and a very intense view. I can't do it justice in words, no matter how many metaphors I try to come up with, so suffice it to say you'll just have to see it. It's one of my top five places on Earth.

At the top the view is massive, over several different islands and a big expanse of ocean. When I got up there, fog was rolling in off the sea and smoke was rising up from the valley. It's been a long time since I've had my breath literally taken away from me. For hundreds of feet down you could watch the wind playing with the smoke, curling and swirling and jumping up and down. Finally, a huge gust of wind brought all the smoke and fog up the side of the mountain in a diagonal motion and completely enveloped me.

Nature is fucking insane. I can't wait to live in the country again.


~song~ Ani Difranco - You Had Time

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