Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/26/26 6;00 Blue sky with some clouds low in the southeast. It is comfortably cool as I sit here drinking water, but not so much so as to raise a chill. I shall make some tea in a moment. Jason is still sleeping. He arrived at the trailhead yesterday just as I...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/14/26 6:45 62F (16.6C) Overcast, still. The rooster is crowing, a familiar sound, but a sharp contrast to the peacocks distant screech while camping above Scott’s house the past 5 mornings. Rob and I got to my house about 4:30 yesterday afternoon. He...
Good Morning

Good Morning

    7/13/26  O’dark-thirty.  Stars are out and it is dark. There are noises behind me as I squat at the latrine. I flip on a flashlight and find myself surrounded by horses, blinking in the glare. Back to bed to sleep until dawn. Left-over rhubarb...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/11/26 6:45 53F (11.6C) Clear with a chance of horses. A fingernail moon hangs above the pines. It will wink out tomorrow. Last night one of Scott’s mares stole my drink. This morning I woke up to find the same horse inside the lodge, front feet, head...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/10/26 5:45 58F (14.4C) I woke with the sun rising from behind Nan’s Rock. It is warm enough to wander half naked to the latrine without discomfort. Walter stuck his nose under the head of Robert’s bunk and snored all night. Scott has two tipis set...