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Tag: Mountains

  • Promised Land

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    Fred D
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    As a young boy . . . a really long, long time ago 😊. . .  I spent summers fishing and wandering the forests of Promised Land State Park in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains. Eight decades later it remains my Happy Place where life’s trails and responsibilities consisted of running out of worms and bailing out…

  • Great Smoky Mountain Symphony

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    Fred D
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    Today I attended a mile high Great Smoky Mountain symphony ‘listening’ to mountains sing and trees clap their hands . . . breathtaking kaleidoscopic splendor! “You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst forth in song before you, and all the trees of the field…

  • Road Trip

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    Fred D
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    Just north of Roanoke today. I decided an impromptu detour would be a fun 4th of July activity. Exiting the Interstate traffic’s high-speed hum, we launched out on an unplanned road trip exploring the west-central mountains of Virginia. Before long, winding through Old Dominion’s vast rural stretches of forests amazed me . . . not…

  • Who Cares?

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    Fred D
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    Alone up in the mountains last evening, witnessing yet another magnum opus sunset, an ambivalent tinge of grateful/melancholy set in. The peaceful ‘together we stand’ sentiment of the nation I was blessed to grow up in as a child has tragically succumbed to militant ‘divided we fall’ belligerence my children now must contend with. In…

  • Smoky Mountain Misty Morn’

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    Fred D
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    Strong thunderstorms last evening orchestrated one of my favorite Creation symphonies . . . the soothing staccato of raindrops dancing on a metal roof. Local forecasts predicted clearing by late morning, nixing a spectacular sunrise photo opt.  However, living in the Great Smoky Mountains for the past eight years has taught me some of her…

  • Then and Now

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    Fred D
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    On of my favorite Microsoft tools is the On This Day feature. It pops-up pictures saved over the past two decades on my One Drive that were taken on this day. It significantly assists this ole ragamuffin in remembering fond memories from days-of yore. I’ve affectionately dubbed it my AnDeHeDe . . . Anti-Dementia-Help-Device😊 Today…

  • Great Smoky Mountain Splendor

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    Fred D
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    “Earth’s crammed with Heaven, and every common bush afire with God, but only he who see takes off his shoes.” Elizabeth Barrett Browning Today, in the Fall splendor of Great Smoky Mountains, I gazed amazed in barefoot wonder. “This is my Father’s world:I rest me in the thoughtOf rocks and trees, of skies and seas—His…

  • Nature vs. Civilization

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    Fred D
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    On each flight into and out of SEATAC I’m inspired by a mountain. Towering 14,410 ft., Mt. Rainier pierces through the clouds in silent sentinel watch in over the cacophony of Seattle’s nearly 3 ½ million souls 59 miles to the southeast . . . a bittersweet contrast. On this flight it was as though…

  • Hiking and Potato Chips

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    Fred D
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    Fallen aspen leaves kinda’ resemble potato chips, and fall hiking in the Last Frontier is sorta’ like eating potato chips . . . it’s hard to stop at just one more!😊 Here’s a few ‘potato chip’ pics from today’s wilderness wander, sadly my last before snow-birding south in a couple of days  . . .…

  • Final Greatland Wander

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    Fred D
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    Looks like we’ll be on a jet headed south for the winter next week. Rather than spend the day going through another box of Kleenex today, I hiked up Castle Mountain to dry my tears 😊. I built a rock cairn on top with a Good Book pocket edition for other solitude seekers. Here’s a few…