Mt. Rainier, Mt. St Helens, Crater Lake, Burning Man 2004, San Francisco, Canyonlands National Park

No matter how much I try to hold onto the present it always seems to slip off into the future. It’s hard to imagine that it’s been three months since my last update. I suppose when I decided to take a break from working on my book all other writing got left behind as well. Even my journal has been void of thoughts lately. Lots of things have happened in these past three months – let me catch you up.

I left Canada and headed south back into the continental United States. My first stop of note was Mt. Rainier National Park and its snow capped peak rising majestically out of the misty forests of the Pacific Northwest. This was my first visit to Rainier and when I came around a bend in the road and saw the mountain for the first time I was awe struck. I pulled over and sat awhile picking over its rocky crags and flowing glaciers with my eyes and allowing its form to settle into my mind like the face of a new friend. With the dog banned from the trails, I explored as much as I could from the road; the visit was well worth it but it only whetted my appetite for more. (more…)