One of about seven Adirondack postcards I have. I love it because it's the first mountain I climbed (with my grandfather leading the way as the rest of us huffed and puffed behind him in 1973. It's also the place I huffed and puffed up last (2010ish) and reminds me I need to wheeze myself up it again soon. But the thing that hits me (being me, and neglecting the thought of Snell's Bald Mt. Rest remaining at the bottom for cold Cokes-or Heineken's, depending on things) is Colvin's tower. Big fan of Verplanck Colvin, I. Anyway, who cares? It's a hill a lot of us have scaled and it's a beautiful place. It's even an easy postcard to take a picture of; set up a sweatshirt on a bedspread after trying other things, open the flash, and hit click.
Beautiful. Thank you . Especially for those of us that cannot do the climb
ReplyDeleteI love that other people love these places in similar ways that I do, and that we have cool things like these pictures to remind us of what it's all about: the absolute spirit-filling beauty of the place that triggers our own memories of when we were there. The mountains (and sitting under certain hemlocks near the mountains) are the only time I really feel like myself. I miss it when I'm not there, and I'm happy I'm not alone. Thank you very much for making me think of how great that place is to think about when we can't be there, because it truly is. Mike
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