The sides of a mountain range waits.
Waits for what? It does not know.
Rugged terrain is its face of granite, clay, and minerals.
It sees the Hohokam and Salado people, as they make their way south to tame the Salt.
It sees pioneer settlers make their way north, ranching and riding through the manzanitas.
It sees the discovery of it's secrets, silver, quartz, and mercury hidden.
It sees roads and trails cut into the granite, clay and minerals.
It sees Zane Grey, a writer without a purpose, find his beloved Mogollon Rim.
It sees the construction of a highway and management of forest lands, rivers, and creeks.
It sees the wrath of mother nature, filled with fires and floods.
The sides of mountains, they wait. For what? It is unknown.
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A telegram to Little Me
I acquired a magical souvenir; it was a realisation. By taking an impulsive trip to Thailand, I awarded myself the chance to have it. You are our own gift shop. You choose the opening times, you choose the stock. They are the very nature of wisdom, realisations. One could say we collect them and form a magnificent portfolio entitled Experience. And that's why we do the majority of things we do. But travelling is the act most generous in the offering of experience, the gift shop with the best stock. We go on the hunt for experiences, daring ourselves to be stimulated in new ways, by new flavours. To sweat, swim or shiver in the waters of new challenges. To hear new sounds, learn novel outlooks, and relish as hinges creak with unknown doors opening in our hearts and minds. This realisation and the flourishing effect it had upon me made Thailand my best trip yet. All this realisation consisted of was merely a stripped back epiphany of why we do these things. See new places, take new risks, seek refreshing distractions from all that we're tired of being familiar with.
By Konrad Krampa day ago in Wander
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