“I have never found a companion so companionable as solitude.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
Tuesday morning I awoke in the Gros Ventre Wilderness, which is a national forest in Wyoming. Far below the campsite the Snake River cut through the rugged canyon with a relentless pace. The evening sun was now sliding down behind the Grand Tetons and falling off the world…
The Tetons, off in the distance, waited to be kissed by the morning star.
I could almost here heavenly trumpets sounding when the sun made it’s grand morning entrance!
I hope…
you escape urban life and city strife
with friend, husband or wife
to the country life
to share
and breathe the air
without a care
to watch the magpie
soaring up high
where the mountains touch the sky
and delight in their flight
at first light
as the new dawn ignites
and the lakes that glisten
after the fog has arisen
then you can stop and listen
to the breeze
through the trees
and the hum of the bees
as they’re honeycombing
and bison are roaming
from dawn until gloaming
and the trickle of a stream
all just part of Nature’s scheme
though it seems like a dream
at the dawn of Spring
when brooks are babbling
like a great awakening
or in the ponds of Summer
where the beaver, Nature’s plumber
builds a dam from chiseled lumber
who’s clamor echoes into Fall
through the verdant forest tall
vibrant foliage colors enthrall
until the first snows of Winter
when the air gets crisper
Nature calls you with a whisper
so as the seasons pass
and you walk among the grass
that no beauty can surpass
just let Nature reveal
and allow your soul to feel
then your mind will heal
’cause rhyming words aside
it’s the Nature outside
that helps our nature inside.
~ a W.A.Reynolds “Wrap”
The gam continues…
Keep up the good work Bill the pictures are fantastic makes me want to ride back out there.
Hey! We took a picture of you two on the beach before Christmas. Awesome blog! We found 3 places we can open a restaurant in SD. Hope to be your neighbors soon. You Bostonian-Australian dude!
P.S. Love the pictures of the Tetons, lived there in my truck 40 below freezing my ass off.
Happy New Year! Go Patriots!
Mitch and Stella
G’Day, Mate! Yes! It was nice meeting both of you. Treva took a great picture of me and both of you are in the background; it’s a nice memory; I’ll send it to you. I hope one of the restaurant locations you found in SD comes to fruition. Let me know so Treva and I can help spread the word with our local friends here.
Yes! Go Patriots! #1. Gotta’ go pahk the cah in tha gahrage. Happy New Year to you both!
Will & Treva