5/16/09 – I know that marketing gurus would chastise us for writing so often about the bad weather we’ve been having, but it is truly awful here today. After a relatively balmy day yesterday it is snowing again and the high temperature won’t crack 40 today. Worse than the snow, the wind is howling out of the west at nearly 30 mph.
This kind of weather, although not ideal for relaxing, reminds us that wilderness needs to be taken on its own terms. The wild weather is as much a part of the fierce joy of wilderness travel as the warm sun on a calm day. We are all frail vessels that must use our wits to adapt to the awesome power of nature. – Bill