Haiku
#1 - June 12, 2014
Long day of hiking.
Packs are heavy, hearts are light.
Rangers clearing trail.
Off the trail, scoping,
Finding the best packing way.
Return by stone steps.
Haiku
#3 – June 14, 2014
Lunch with great vistas.
What's a picnic without ants?
Birds' sweet serenade.
Lunch with great vistas.
What's a picnic without ants?
Birds' sweet serenade.
Haiku
#4 – June 15, 2014
Frogs sing us to sleep.
Wake to sunrise on the lake.
Breakfast is welcome.
Frogs sing us to sleep.
Wake to sunrise on the lake.
Breakfast is welcome.
Hardest hike so far.
We are so glad to be home.
Peas, beans by starlight.
Bonsai Island Lake,
Discovered by hard hiking –
We return with joy.
Onions under us.
I turn my back on the moon.
Even the frogs sleep.
By Chewing Gum Lake
A marmot basked on the rock.
Where can the trail be?
Today we returned
To the camp at Overnight Lake
By Gianelli.
All day hard packing.
Worst mosquitoes of this trip.
Camped high in the wind.
Atop Granite Dome
Who knew it would be so calm?
One bald eagle soars.
Sleeping by daylight.
Upper Pinto Lake is calm.
Dinner by starlight.
Upper Lewis Lake,
Glimmering in the sunshine.
Crashing waterfall.
By Split Island Lake
Marmots run straight up the cliff.
Four of them, scolding.
It began to rain
Around three in the morning.
We were slow to pack.
Goodbye, Tom's Canyon!
We will stop along the trail,
Happy for coffee.