![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Turkey Mountain
Shannon and I climbed Turkey Mountain. We thought... or rather I thought about going to Oktoberfest, just to see Tim. However, it was far too nice a day for that, and the leaves were a-changing so rather than the beer soaked crowded domain across the river, we ambled down to the 71st street bridge and rolled into the Turkey Mountain Urban Wildlife refuge. Yes. It is a refuge for Urban Wildlife. You know... Like Oscar Wilde.
We spent 2 hours, give or take, walking VERY rough trails, climbing rocky ledges that at a nearly 70 degree grade. She's a keeper, I feelin'. Kept pace with me, didn't falter, wasn't afraid to ask for help and wasn't afraid to hold me up when I needed it. To say we weren't pooped when we got home would be an understatement.
I recommend it, if you get the hankerin to go a-walkin' on some sunny day. Be prepared to get tired in a good way. They have trails that are a mile long and a trail that is a rocky five mile hike. No trail is marked well, and it's easy to go off the mark... which we did. I think in that 2 hour hike, we probably went about five or so miles up and down, got lost knowing where we were, found a wonderful rocky altar and a marvelous fairy wedding bower.
We spent 2 hours, give or take, walking VERY rough trails, climbing rocky ledges that at a nearly 70 degree grade. She's a keeper, I feelin'. Kept pace with me, didn't falter, wasn't afraid to ask for help and wasn't afraid to hold me up when I needed it. To say we weren't pooped when we got home would be an understatement.
I recommend it, if you get the hankerin to go a-walkin' on some sunny day. Be prepared to get tired in a good way. They have trails that are a mile long and a trail that is a rocky five mile hike. No trail is marked well, and it's easy to go off the mark... which we did. I think in that 2 hour hike, we probably went about five or so miles up and down, got lost knowing where we were, found a wonderful rocky altar and a marvelous fairy wedding bower.
no subject
It does my heart great joy to hear that you are out there doing this with her. You just don't KNOW how i swell up with... with.... what word is there that's big enuf?? *grins/giggles/laughs out* I wanna hear all about it as it unfolds, k? (Can you see this smile stretched clean across my entire face?)
And then you slept soundly. It is good.
no subject
I was only truly lost once, and that was when I came to believe in angels on earth. I was 5 or 6, wandering alone in Turkey Run... a state park in Indiana. I may have even told you the tale. I came to a dead end in the trail, and didn't want to walk the long walk back to where I was, so I just sat down and cried from frustration. Granted, I could have backtracked, but Stubborn was my middle name. So, I was lost, staring at a blank wall.
A young girl, probably all of 11 took my by my hand and said "Come on, there's always a way out." She led me to the blank wall and we turned left and lo and behold... more trail! She took me all the way to the suspension bridge, bid me goodbye and I never saw her again.
She taught me the most valuable lesson in the world. Never give up, Never give in, and don't be so prideful that you think you are without help.
Shannon is a pip, sister 'o mine. A true jewel and we're joined at the heart. She wants to go on a Cruise, and she wants to go where I want to go... Alaska! Think my lil sis would be up for some salty air someday? That's an invite, by the way... cuz you know we would be swinging by Sacramento on our way to Seattle.
no subject
*grins*