Today I wanted to walk the grand tour on Pajarito Mountain but didn't start up the mountain until around noon and dark clouds were already hanging over the top of the peak.
I started up anyway - taking the jeep road from the Lodge, under the Town Sight lift. I made it past the snow-making retention pond (it sounds so scary when rain is falling onto its plastic liner - still not filled up) and was starting uphill to go over to the Mother Lift but one big crack of thunder convinced me to turn tail and go back down the way I came up.
On the way down, there was a little rain but it didn't rain really hard until right as I got back to the car. Imagine me at the car, the rain coming down hard, balancing my golf umbrella while trying to open the backpack's zipper (first I opened the wrong one!) and get the car keys out - all the while sure that Thor would strike me down before I could get inside the car's metal shell!
I honestly think I could have made the full route today as the lightning didn't develop as severely as I thought it would. I'll try again Thursday but start earlier.
I tried to sing The Sound of Music on the walk down - I really did but I can't carry a tune. I sang what I know of When You're Sixteen but I don't know much. Best I could manage was the Do, Re, Mi song but for some reason, the "Mi, a name I call myself..." part made me want to cry...sometimes I'm not entirely sure who "Me" is...
I had so many thoughts on my hike and while driving back home that I'd like to write about - philosophical type of stuff - but by the time I sit down to the computer, I forget most everything.
I'll make one comment though - rain makes me want to be holed up somewhere with a loved one - don't know why that is...
It was so beautiful on Pajarito Mountain today - as green as I imagine the Isle of Eire!
Oh, yes - I have found where the hermit thrush lives and sings its song on Pajarito Mountain - at the four-way intersection, in sight of the red tower. Such a beautiful, haunting melody to grace my ears on a rainy day!
Memorable songs I heard while driving today: Uncle Kracker's Follow Me, Diana Ross and the Supremes's Where Did Our Love Go and Adam Lambert's Whataya Want From Me.
Running out of time - need to start supper - salmon, cauliflower, corn on the cob and lots of summer fruit!!
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