2014?

 

Sept 30, 2013

 Survived a cold night dressed in 4 layers of clothing/down sleeping bag and wind at 9000 ft, then hiked a 5 mile round trip up and down a very steep mountain....photos soon.  Fall color was scarce. :(.  But still a good 2 day trip in the Eastern Sierras

The trail was 6.4 miles and strenuous...Activity Type: Hiking

Nearby City: Bishop

Length: 6.4 total miles

Elevation Gain: 1,600 feet

Trail Type: Out-and-back

Skill Level: Moderate

Duration: 1 day

Season: Best July through early October

Trailhead Elevation: 9,300 feet

Top Elevation: 10,900 feet

Local Contacts: White Mountain Ranger District, Inyo National Forest, 760-873-2500

Local Maps: Inyo National Forest map; John Muir and Sequoia-Kings Canyon wilderness areas map; USGS Mount Darwin

Topo Map: North Lake to the Lamarck Lakes Topographic Map

Guide Book: Hiking Northern California Guide Book

Driving Directions: View Guide

Trail Directions: View Guide

Read more at Trails.com: North Lake to the Lamarck Lakes | Bishop California Hikes | Trails.com http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?trailId=HGS389-027#ixzz2gM78J1bq

Between

 A Rock & a Hard Place

I’m not sure what to do

I guess I could always live

In my empty house

And hope I have

At least a bare light bulb

FALL is on its Way

 In the PA WILDS

Sept 7, 2010 Memory

 Fabulous weekend....minus the 20+ mile killer bike ride on Sunday with not enough water....had to fix that with being taken out to dinner...and Ben and Jerry's icecream for dessert!  :  )

If I had written

 Last picnic

It might have been stated differently:

Let this picnic

Not ever be our last

Instead

Let’s hope for many more

A loaf of bread

Some grapes & cheese 

A simple lunch

Please

Unfold a quilt & 

Let’s languish by the side of the sea

Wander & wonder

Amongst bright orange

And yellow leaves

Winter is sure to come

And with warmth of a fire

And your love

Last Picnic

 Last Picnic

Before the fall rains arrive, Let's have one more picnic,

Now that the leaves are turning color And the grass is still green in places.

Bread, cheese and some black grapes Ought to be enough,

And a bottle of wine to toast the crows

Puzzled to find us sitting here.

If it gets cold--and it will--I'll hold you close.

Night will come early.

We'll study the sky hoping for a full moon

To light our way,

And if there isn't one, we'll put all our trust In your book of matches And my sense of direction

As we go looking for home.

“Light the Match”