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“Being alone does not mean being unhappy. The world is full of plenty of interesting and enjoyable things to do and people who can enrich your life.”
- Michael Josephson
Don and I have a 2001 Sprinter Van that he tricked out into a camper. We both love camping, especially in the winter when you can often be the only ones in a state or national park. I have one firm rule when camping. Smile. No-Matter-What. Ice cold showers in the campgrounds? Smile. Alternator quits for the fourth time? Keep my mouth shut and smile. Lost in a Utah canyon with no discernible road? Smile real pretty, because as navigator, that’s on me.
In January 2015, we and our three dogs enjoyed a wonderful wilderness trip across the southern US, up the California coast, and through Oregon to visit his folks in Washington. But after a weekend in Seattle with my in-laws and a day in Spokane with an old friend of Don’s who seemed to thrive in filth, my rule faltered. Don was tired, the dogs had had enough of the van, and bad weather loomed. After a late start heading east on Interstate 90 we got as far as Lookout Pass on the Idaho-Montana border when we realized we were being chased by a storm. A huge winter snowstorm that was closing the interstate behind us. Don determined to stay ahead of the weather, and eight hours later we slid into Billings, Montana. We spent a subzero restless night in a truck stop, diesel engines running all around us. An early pre-dawn pullout dipped us down into Wyoming’s Devil’s Tower National Monument, gates open, the storm left behind.
Daybreak. Don had been here before and wanted to nap. The dogs thought it too cold to venture out. I jumped out of the van and started up the easy path to the tower. No snow on the ground. Alone for the first time in about a month. No one else in the park, not even the rangers. No in-laws, no creepy friend, no dogs, no man in a van. (No offense, guys) A Gift.
There is something extraordinarily soul-feeding about bearing witness to the sun coming up behind a butte rising 1265 ft out of a prairie. To spend an hour in solitary presence. It brings a smile.
Seed pod cluster from a Spotted Gum; each gum nut is about 9mm at its widest diameter.
Meopta Belar 75mm f4.5 enlarger lens, wide open.
This is one of my favorite trees, a single beech that bravely holds its own against the dark conifers. I like to photograph it in spring and autumn, when it forms a beautiful contrast to its surroundings. It will soon no longer be alone, because the spruce forest is ailing and is slowly being converted into a mixed forest - in many places also with sweet chestnuts.
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