All The Proof Of The Existence Of The Divine That I Need

[redbrunja]

 So, my school outdoor center had an excursion to go berry picking today. An excursion they neglected to tell me was high in the cascades.

It was glorious. 

Now, I'm not usually one to be still or zen for long periods of time - I get bored easily, but today, I truly felt like I was communing with nature. The area I was in ( a little bowl of land between two peaks with a river in the center) was so gorgeous that I couldn't put my head down and pick berries - I was just staring at the landscape around me.

Now, because I had no idea where we were going when I dressed this morning I didn't dress NEARLY warm enough. If I hadn't been able to borrow a windbreaker and a pair of gloves I likely would have died of hypothermia. And I nearly turned my ankle three times on our several hour hike (were lead us to an insanely perfect view of Mt Baker). After the school week + getting up at six + the long day, I'm insanely bushed, and will be turning in when I finish this post.

In fandom news, my thoughts on the second HP book are here.

Comments

[chomiji]

Sounds lovely!

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

It was!

[sureasdawn.livejournal.com]

Wow, truly awesome. It must be nice to have mountains so close by. We've got some nice wooded hills in southern MO and it's really fun to watch the sun and clouds play over them as you go down the highway, but mountains must be a thousand times more dramatic.

What kind of berries were they?

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Huckleberries. Which I actually do not like.

[qualapec.livejournal.com]

*smiles* I LOVE hiking, but I don't get to do it nearly as much as I used to because of school. So glad you enjoyed yourself out there. It really is quite relaxing.

The Cascades and the Olympics are the best part about living in such a rainy area.I think what I like about our mountains is that they're MOUNTAINS. I don't know if you've ever been to the East Coast, but I was amazed at how FLAT a lot of the area was. Kansas would drive me crazy.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Same here!

And yes, we have REAL mountains. Hardcore mountains. And I've only been to the east coast once, but I've heard other people say that they only THINK they have mountains east of the rockies.