we survived day four
(survival: tears, backtalk, cards)
now it’s day by day
Coronatine, Day Four (At Least There’s a Dog)
exercise
Rest in Powder
powder has called out
waking us on Sunday morn
a soft, silent church
A Bluebird Afternoon
so simple, really:
the teens play cabin boardgames
while we ski for love
Mount Bierstadt
first: the moon and sun
second: 8.5 miles
third: a fourteener
fourth: pomapoo strength
fifth: learning to climb mountains
sixth: altitude high
Front Range Burnout
a weekend hiking
is the only proper way
to enjoy summer
Road Trip 2019: Day Seventeen, Red Sunrise
red sun, glassy lake
paddling with the puppy:
perfect lakehouse day
Road Trip 2019: Dakotas, Day Two
from flat Dakota
emerges a river trail
hard on legs and kids
but water wins views
however it meanders
giving life to all
What Wasn’t Said
book club getaway:
everything you can picture
(a rich man’s world)
all the hikes and views
we could only hope to own
with our simple steps
All in a Day’s Work
packing to backpack:
more effort than backpacking
as puppy attests
Summer Break
weekday hiking joys:
mostly-empty trails with dogs
who love each other
uncompromised views
of our blue-sky perfect peaks
and wildflowers
best of all? no work
to big down miles of fun,
of escapism
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