Good Morning

The Writer, Vernon Wade

Vernon Wade is a poet, author and freelancer. He has been published in The Gorge Literary Journal, Dualsport Rider Magazine, Hack’d Magazine, The Sidecarist, ROB Magazine and The Hood River News.

The world fills him with wonder. When he looks at the sky he is lifted into flights of fancy, when he stares at the earth he is drawn beneath its surface. He is delighted to find the macrocosm and the microcosm equally mesmerizing.

9/24/26 6:30 Partly cloudy, no wind.

It feels cold this morning, colder than yesterday.

Daylight is just beginning to seep into the forest. It was completely dark when I walked down the fire tack trail an hour ago

I am back in my bunk now, listening to ravens calling as they glide between the tall hemlocks. Intervals of silence are interrupted by birds trilling and chirping, punctuated by the occasional shrill whistle of a squirrel.

We will strike camp after breakfast.

Good morning.