Below: Hiking in this outfit? Well, why not? I lost my gear bag. I should have been dressed to hike already before I got there. Long story. Just one of those things. More below. Unfortunately, because of this outfit, I didn't get very far up. I lingered at the 4000' elevation and did some sketching. I had a wonderful time while waiting for my boy friend to come back down. But I ended up descending after two hours of drawing. Got a bit too cold at this elevation in this outfit.
Being up here made me feel like singing:
The hills are alive...with the sound of music
With songs they have played, for a thousand years
The hills fill my heart with the sound of music
My heart wants to sing every song it hears
My heart wants to beat like the wings of the birds
that rise from the lake to the trees
My heart wants to sigh like a chime that flies
from a church on a breeze
To laugh like a brook when it trips and falls over
stones on its way
To sing through the night like a lark who is learning to pray
I go to the hills when my heart is lonely
I know I will hear what I've heard before
My heart will be blessed with the sound of music
And I'll sing once more
My heart wants to sing every song it hears
My heart wants to beat like the wings of the birds
that rise from the lake to the trees
My heart wants to sigh like a chime that flies
from a church on a breeze
To laugh like a brook when it trips and falls over
stones on its way
To sing through the night like a lark who is learning to pray
I go to the hills when my heart is lonely
I know I will hear what I've heard before
My heart will be blessed with the sound of music
And I'll sing once more
~~o0o~~
Hiking Mt. St. Helens
The view from the summit of Mt. St. Helens is spedtacular, with Spirit Lake and some of the volcanoes visible (i.e.: Mount Adams, Mt. Rainier, and Mount Margaret). I've climbed St. Helens several times, and standing up there is line being on top of the world; it always takes my breath away in awe. Can't help feeling quite spiritual about it. The first time I (with an ex-bf) tried to hike it years ago during the summer, we were inexperienced and didn't know we had to have a hiking permit to hike Helens, and they were already sold out in advance. We hiked anyway, and looking back, that was not a smart thing to do. What if we got lost, and there was no record of us being there at all (except for our car in the lot). We learned fast. My most unforgettable experience was losing my gear bag with the hiking essentials: climbing helmet, goggles, sunscreen, knife, first aid kit,, granola bars, water, flashlight, and trail maps. I felt so vulnerable throughout the trek. Helens is a lot rougher and difficult to climb than Rainier, Adams, Baker, etc. But because of its recent volcanic history, I felt more affinity with the mountain that the other ones.
(Worked on this for a while, then the infuriating thing happened. I got timed out and lost everything after the above paragraph. How frustrating. Well, I'm going to bed and take a deep breath.)
(Worked on this for a while, then the infuriating thing happened. I got timed out and lost everything after the above paragraph. How frustrating. Well, I'm going to bed and take a deep breath.)
