The idea was to climb these two rocks—we did just that—and remain perched on the latter rock for sunset. What a great plan. Once the sun set though, it would mean making our way down Sugarloaf and then along a trail or path towards our car in the dark. That is when the good plan started to unravel. “Aha!” We exclaimed, to our slightly concerned editor, “and that, my dear, is why we have a moon.” Feeling rather smug at this infallible bit of logic, we remained seated on a rock as we watched the sun dip below Thunder Mountain while Chimney Rock vied for attention. In the last three or four hikes, we have viewed this mountain from many vantage points.
“I’d like to make a point if I may,” our editor said. “Go ahead,” we answered, “if nothing else we like to keep the mind open.”
“If you remember, today is Rosh Chodesh (new moon). I don’t think we’ll get much light from a tiny sliver.” Oops, don’t we feel silly. Reminds us of the quote by Bloom, in a different context of course: ‘If your mind is too open, the brain tends to fall out.’
The other day on one of the trailheads, we met two cowboys. A mountain lion was seen in the vicinity earlier in the day, they mentioned. We don’t normally take our poles or sticks with us but this time we did. We grabbed ‘Sidestick’(our walking stick) and carried it as a weapon, something we find a burden. Of course, if we were to meet up with something wild, then we would feel grateful in having a weapon. On parting, the one fellow shouted, “Remember they like to attack from the rear.” Good point, we thought. “Okay Jen, we’ll go first, you follow behind.”
Cheers,
Jenni and Jeffrey
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