Lost the trail after a few yards...blocked with trees...mudslides...piles of dirt and branches hid holes, so I had to be extra careful and hike around a lot of obstacles that are never usually present. We'd had a lot of wind and rain last week. A tad bit more strenuous than I had planned, but dayum it felt good to do it anyway and not hurt!
Found the clear trail along the bottom of the cliffs and was frustrated to have lost my water bottle somewhere down the mountainside. But, still had the chocolate, so all was well.
Laying flat on the top of my favorite cliff, looking down far below to the trail that I had been hiking on.... wind gently blowing all around, swirling my hair into my face...able to peek into the sun with my hair filtering the brightness of the setting sun.
Water drip-dropping from this teeny tiny stream going over the cliff to form a cascading sheen down the side. As many times as I have hiked that trail, I've never seen that stream present or the way it made the rock faces so incredibly beautiful in a different way than before. It fascinates me that each time I go there is something new and wonderful to discover.
The sunset.... the massive giant star dropping from the sky so quickly I could see it happening. How many times can we gaze at the sun and actually see its movement?? It had turned that unique shade of glowing-ember orange that showcases its power, but yet is dimmed enough that our eyes can still look on in awe.
I stayed until the lights started popping on down below me in the surrounding countryside. I always think they look like fairy lights, because they just magically appear where you didn't even know there was a house or road.
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