Every other week we go away. Its not easy getting out of town but we push to do it. This week was no different.. but we left home Thursday night, ate bad food at a biker bar and ended up by the side of the road to Greenville with traffic all night long and fitful dream chased sleep. In Greenville we went to the Rangers Station and got a detailed new map that gave some indication of some tiny lakes we might visit. The Ranger gave us good driving tips and so we made it to never imagined Taylor Lake... alone up there for the night we simply released a lot of what burdens us just in the act of being in the beauty of where we were.
The area between there and Antelope Lake, where we went next to boat and swim, has been burned repeatedly in three different fires.
Sometimes the snags, which remain, remind one of the old reasons for superstition and sometimes they are comic reminders of our fears.
There's no way to Thank the land or the sky for the release of care... it's just in being physical, inquisitive, appreciative... in the day, dusk, night and rotation of time. A wonder.
After our afternoon boating and swimming on less photogenic Antelope Lake we stayed at a Trailhead for Clear Creek and walked awhile up into the burn then back down to Indian Creek, the major tributary through the Genesee and Indian Valleys.
In Taylorsville, looking for our next adventure, we came on my brother's name twix there and somewhere else. (I look forward to sending him this.)
And, not without a climb, we arrived at Hough Mt Lookout and the volcanic vent of 500 ft. deep Crystal Lake below it and the little town with the Warren Nelson intersection far, far below that...
The lake was just one quick swim away from an early sunset but we camped on a terrace above it and the next morning headed out with some swaying, dust and tank-prowess to our final destination of veggie oil collection in Mill Creek and Mineral. A very rewarding four days for the Veggie Voyagers team.. a great relief and a huge inhalation of beauty and peace and a bit of dust.
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That was beautiful. It is wonderful to see people caring for their loved ones after death. We need to do more of that in this country. It is so important for the grieving and healing process, as well as for the peaceful transition of the one who has passed. A wonderful and humorous website called The Order of the Good Death, on FB, discusses (among other things), the importance of caring for the loved one AFTER they die, and not leave that very important and sacred part to strangers. I know that your acceptance of this dear man's passing will be a little easier because you spent time with him after he passed. He looks like a lovely person! May peace be with you during this difficult time.
Kristi M.
That was beautiful. It is wonderful to see people caring for their loved ones after death. We need to do more of that in this country. It is so important for the grieving and healing process, as well as for the peaceful transition of the one who has passed. A wonderful and humorous website called The Order of the Good Death, on FB, discusses (among other things), the importance of caring for the loved one AFTER they die, and not leave that very important and sacred part to strangers. I know that your acceptance of this dear man's passing will be a little easier because you spent time with him after he passed. He looks like a lovely person! May peace be with you during this difficult time.
Kristi M.
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