Click on the pictures, they're beautiful when full....
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Let's see, someplace wide and open. I wanna fill my lungs with space.
Ah, yes, perfect.
Make it remote and rarely traveled. With a Wyoming feel.
Maybe a couple rolling hills, some well-placed trees. Fog thick as a theater curtain.
Now, make it terrifically cold and flock all the grass with hoarfrost.
Prairie pixie sticks,
they set off the rock so well.
Then again, the rock sets itself off.
Throw in some ice monsters for fun.
Make sure others experience the beauty, too.
When I get to the top of the ridge, let the fog recede a little and lap and roll at the sides like sleepy waves.
Level it off at the line of my vision, make it feel like I'm bobbling dreamily on the surface of a vertiginous white ocean.
Dim the lights at nightfall so softly and sweetly, the fog seems lit from within.
That was spectacular, thanks.
anna in boots
Stacker Butte, WA 2/8
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Re: Stacker Butte, WA 2/8
Lovely set of pics. Refreshing to see something with wide open spaces.
Very thoughtful of you to leave chapstick for the deer. Do deer have lips?
Have a great doggy meet-n-greet tomorrow.
Very thoughtful of you to leave chapstick for the deer. Do deer have lips?
Have a great doggy meet-n-greet tomorrow.
"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." - John Muir
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Re: Stacker Butte, WA 2/8
Love the last picture!!
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Re: Stacker Butte, WA 2/8
Waffle,
Hey, your lips would be chapped, too, if you ate dry grass all day! I spotted one leaping and bounding into the falling darkness when I took the access road back out. She didn't stop for photos; must've been chapped.
We will think of you tomorrow on the trail. Have a great one!
Anna
Hey, your lips would be chapped, too, if you ate dry grass all day! I spotted one leaping and bounding into the falling darkness when I took the access road back out. She didn't stop for photos; must've been chapped.
We will think of you tomorrow on the trail. Have a great one!
Anna
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Re: Stacker Butte, WA 2/8
Nice report Anna, thanks! I love that little hike, one of my favorites. Fun to see it all frosty and foggy and such.
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Re: Stacker Butte, WA 2/8
So true.AlexanderSupertramp wrote:Beauty Anna!
(And the trip report ain't bad, either!)
tee-hee
Anna
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Re: Stacker Butte, WA 2/8
Great shots, a place I must visit this winter.
But I especially loved your poetic prose, clearly you are a writer at heart or .....maybe in real life.
Always like your humor and attitude, you must be a cowgirl!!
Skip
But I especially loved your poetic prose, clearly you are a writer at heart or .....maybe in real life.
Always like your humor and attitude, you must be a cowgirl!!
Skip
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Re: Stacker Butte, WA 2/8
I only pet cows now and it's been a long time since I qualified as a "girl," but I can still sit a horse, so I'll take it.BaileyBoy wrote:you must be a cowgirl!!
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Re: Stacker Butte, WA 2/8
Never heard of it but now I want to go.