A fire recklessly set by a 15 year old boy during a burn ban, it devastated thousands of acres throughout the gorge. Parts of this trail were ravaged by the Eagle Creek fire in September of 2017. As I make my way through beautiful forest, the trail breaks out into a place of stunning renewal. I hear woodpeckers and sparrows and there are flowers beginning to bloom. The hike itself is relatively short, but steep. There is a feeling of entering sacred space as you climb. It appears as a long, rocky spine composed of million year old Larch Mountain andesite lava flow. Angel’s Rest is an exposed bluff on the western side of the Columbia River Gorge. My destination on this morning is Angel’s Rest on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge. Are people more aggressive on the road these days or is it just me ? I’m tense the entire time. And I would say it’s not even the length of the drive so much as the nature of it. If there was anything to point to for all my stiffness today it was the 7 plus hours driving, not the 6 hours hiking. I had a wonderful day on my own yesterday. I keep drifting in and out of dream but once I’ve awakened for even for a few moments, an awareness of my stiff muscles pushes me out of bed and toward the tub. I’m warm in bed but my body needs to move. It’s a classic battle for me this morning. We sit with Ann Patchett on the precipice between the two as she shares intimately of her friendship with Lucy Grealy) Truth & Beauty is a story of life and death. ![]() It was prescient in that I was more than halfway through listening to Truth & Beauty and as I drove, the story finished in a way that gave these words a surprising relevance. (I posted this quote on my Facebook page yesterday as I was heading out the door for my day.
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