Monday, July 03, 2006

An Overview…… 7/3

You have spent quite a lot of time getting there. The hike up the mountain was amazing. There was a trumble a bruised knee and elbow. You learned to keep your head down and not to trip over fallen objects and yet you walked right into a eye level tree branch, so much for planning ahead.

Only a few more steps to the summit and the supposed hard part will be over.
You’ve been here before and the view just amazes all those who put the effort into it. Lake of the Clouds in the UP of Michigan is a wonder.
It’s a panorama, the valley below holds a long lake and eagles fly high above the lake at your eye level. Slowly turning to the north your eye follows the way you traveled up the slope, over a woodland and to the south shore of Lake Superior. Its a wonder in itself. Way out on the horizon is a commercial ship plowing it’s way to who knows where.

Every where you turn up here is His handy work with Isle Royal in the far distant horizon. The climb up took a long time but it was worth it. The stay at the top only moment, now comes the short descent to the parking lot….
What do you know…I’ve just described life’s journey itself, just another day in the northwoods.

2 Comments:

At 7:50 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

an excellent piece, maybe the best so far IMO.

of course you and i are still heading for the summit...

BTW, seeing the two arrivals look at each other for the first time was quite something. maybe i am past the summit, but not heading for the parking lot. probably Road America.

 
At 11:58 AM, Blogger Up North said...

H.B. --- the road ahead has a few turns in it and this isn'r golf where you keep your head down, eyes up or you miss the view.

 

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