Words, Music, & Outdoor Adventures

One of my favorite Artists - Alison Krauss singing Gravity

I left home when I was seventeen, I just grew tired of falling down, And I’m sure I was told, the allure of the road, Would be all I found. And all the answers that I started with turned out questions in the end, So years roll on by, And just like the sky, The road never ends.

And the people who love me still ask me, When are you coming back to town, And I answer quite frankly, When they stop building roads, And all God needs is gravity to hold me down.

You can rot or you can burn but either way, if you’re lucky, a place will shape and cut and bend you, will strengthen you and weaken you. You trade your life for the privilege of this experience – the joy of a place, the joy of knowledge gotten by listening and observing.

Rick Bass, The Sky The Stars The Wilderness

I’m listening to the CD, Walking in This World by Julia Cameron, in my car. This morning on the way to work these words ring true:

All art is is an attempt to map the territory of the heart.

Went on a hike today after work in the rain. The trail goes by the old Eisenhower fishing cabin. Ike used to fish up here in the Fraser Valley. Just a short walk down a trail from his cabin is the Fraser River.

Here is Ike’s cabin:

Down in the valley is the Fraser River and the Union Pacific railroad tracks. Amtrack goes through here twice a day:

And, a video of the dogs on the hike:

I just found this site - and signed up for - organ donation. It’s easy to enroll online.

You can save lives through organ donation:
Colorado: http://www.coloradodonorregistry.org/index.php?page=1

I live in the coldest county in Colorado - my neighboring town (and town I work in) used to own the title of Icebox of the Nation. But just now got a Weather Service Freeze Warning and it doesn’t include Grand County. It’s 62 degree right now, Summer is Over.

The Weather Service has issued a FREEZE WARNING
Colorado counties
MOFFAT, RIO BLANCO, ROUTT