Sunday, April 28, 2024

Blank Better PAD 10-1

 Nothing Better

 

Nothing better than a long, spring hike in Colorado

Viewing rugged mountains highlighted by the bright blue sky

Feeling the uneven terrain under your hiking boots

with the occasional scrunching of snow patches.

Breathing in the fresh pine-scented air

Delighting in the multitudes of wild flowers—

Indian Paintbrush, Silvery Lupine, Fireweed, Columbine

Hearing the whoosh of the spring runoff

Hiking up the mountain until legs can go no further

Resting by a sparkling, blue lake

Then using the muscles,

you didn’t know you had

for the return trip.

 

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