Sunday, October 2, 2011

annual autumn holiday in one hundred seventy-one words.











23 september.

Campground just outside the town of Banff.
Only one night in the Bugaboos.
Glacier cracking and moaning.
Weather moved in.
Rain.
Drive through Kootenay spectacular.
Light amazing.
Glimpses of impressive mountains with fresh snow.
Glaciers.
Sound of wind through the trees over din of car camping.
Smell of pines.
So much better than a hotel room.
Posh Nemo air mattress.
Pillow.
Poofy down bag. 
Going to sleep good tonight. 
Finally tired. 
Stars. 
Up before eight. 
Pulled on wool zip-T. 
Chilly. 
Campground waking up. 
Into town of Banff. 
Coffee. 
Up Bow Valley Parkway. 
Moraine Lake. 
Hike to Larch Valley. 
Throngs of people. 
Ugh. 
No wilderness here. 
Drove Icefields Parkway. 
No wilderness there. 
Cannot be impressed by glaciers viewed from the sides of highways. 
Lots of driving. 
Back through Kootenay. 
Light less impressive. 
No clouds. 
No clouds. 
No clouds. 
Hotel in Idaho. 
Shower felt good but miss the smell of outside. 
Already. 
Wind in trees. 
Cozy-warm in down bag. 
On puffy air mattress. 
Pine sweet. 
Stars. 
Stars. 
More stars.












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