October 26, 2012
From a friend— concerning the weather this morning:
“… first its numbing,
then clears your thoughts…”—
Today is the second pulse of this Western Storm to push in
w/ snow. It is dramatically cooler and the skiff left in the metro area has the
leaves on the remaining trees embraced in a blanket. The trees appear from here
to be 80%+ gone. Remember photosynthesis here at this elev. and latitude stops during
the week of August 8th through the 14th. It has been a
rather nice interlude in between the end of the growing season then; and the
on- coming middle- autumn weather conditions we are benefiting from today. Indian
Summer is gone now and the animals that are left in the urbanized corridor as
the media moguls call it now— are left to manage without assistance: for them
selves as they always are left to fend.
Today in my opinion is exactly weather to wake up from in
the backpacker tent and move about in efforts to keep warm and go/ or continue
hiking –backpacking. Those of you who know the Abajo’s and have been in this
area when a Colorado Plateau storm has pushed/ pulsed through can empathize
with my sentiment this morning. I am
reminded again and again about the calling of the weather and at times lament
my suburbanized schedule these days that prohibit me from doing what we all
know to be the soul- food of the hiker— to be out in it… to immerse the self in
the wrappings of the temperatures, humidity conditions and the general ambiance
of its play upon the skin. Right?
I smile as I suppose you are—
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