You see some pretty amazing things when you are sitting in your Jeep waiting for your daughter’s hockey practice to finish. Today, I was looking at the clouds while a nice tasty Eyes played in the background on the Grateful Dead channel and of course I started taking some photos. This is the result. What happens tomorrow?? More rain!
When I checked the weather this morning, it said a high in the 50’s with rain after 5pm. At the start of the hike it was 46 degrees and mostly sunny. As I made my way through the park, it got cloudier and cloudier, with rain falling on me for the last 25 minutes.
With that said, it was still a beautiful hike for the 24th of February. It could have easily been 20-25 degrees colder with some type of frozen precipitation either falling or on the ground.
The parking lot at the start of the hike.
The entrance to Nirvana!
During the summer this stream was dry, even after rain storms.
A shot of some trees and the blue sky.
My favorite picture of the day!
Happy Hiking!!!
Hike #2-5.0-9.2
“If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.”
Don’t ask me why, but I love the way that bare trees look against the backdrop of a clear blue sky.
Blue sky
Fluffy white clouds
Floating dreamlike, vivid
And bizarre, detached from all hope,
Wandering alone, no passion
Fleeing wispy entrails,
Obscurity
No time
The sky
Bleeds a smooth blue
Wisps of pearly white are
The genesis of every
Cool dry breeze and warm sunny day
We are witness to the
Scenic beauty
Of time
The Zen Hiker 