Monday, August 16, 2010

One of the Best

Today was the best kind of day.

Woke up early. Laced up my runners in the faint light of dawn.
Rode shotgun for the 1.5 hr. ride up to the East Rim of Crater Lake through the pine forests of Oregon; they're incredible. Tree after tree after tree after tree. 'Til you're dizzy and can't look out the window anymore.

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We hiked Mt. Scott (my mom, my sisters, Liz and me). The view of the lake was like a deep, deep breath - fresh and lively to the ends of my fingertips. Hiking with my mom and sisters was the best. I kept thinking what a cool bunch of ladies we were to be so adventuresome.

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I felt strong. Independent. And small. One tiny speck on one small peak in the layers and layers of pine-covered mountains fading into the horizon - out to infinity, it seemed.

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I love the Earth. I loved getting covered in its dust then dipping my feet into an icy mountain stream to clean them.

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I want to hike a hundred more mountains. Or that same one a hundred more times.

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9 comments:

  1. Crater Lake is incredible. I haven't been there since I was a kid, but the beauty and majesty of it are still vivid in my mind. Lucky you getting to go hike there!

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  2. What a beautiful place! What a beautiful life you have!!
    Love,
    Sarah

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  3. Oh I am so glad you got to do that. I know what you mean about those kinds of things. Anyway beautiful pictures...makes me miss that place.

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  4. Stunning! Makes me miss the mountains.

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  5. Can't think of many things better than that, Em. Family, beautiful scenery, fresh air, and cold mountain water on my hot tired feet :)

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  6. these. pictures. are. incredible. I almost want to call you a liar but I know that could never be true. I believe that you went to that amazing lake and only wish I was there with you to enjoy that breathtaking beauty!!

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