January 20th, 2018

1/20/2018

Good morning,

It’s currently 29 degrees and cloudy. Yesterday’s high was 39 degrees, with an overnight low of 24.

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I woke to a familiar fog wrapped around the mountain. Three days of crystal clear weather had come and gone. Unsure of my sunrise prospects, I savored the scene around me. Treading through the eerie mist, I thought about how much I’ve come to enjoy a socked-in mountain. Trees disappeared and reappeared according to the thickness of the wandering clouds. The view changed continuously.

Atop Myrtle Point, I watched the swift clouds rush toward the eastern seaboard. Occasional pockets opened in the clouds, showing the tidal wave formations in the distance. The moments were too brief. The mountain was giving me a preview, but didn’t want me to capture the moment. I understood the sentiment and appreciated what I got to see. The wind began to burn my face…

…I made for home.

Onward,
Seth

Do or do not. There is no try. —Yoda

7 Comments

Donna O.

1/20/2018 12:39:34 pm

Ha ha ha ... the all wise Yoda!! ;-)

Great cabin memory, too!

David Mixson

1/20/2018 03:13:56 pm

Playing frisbee catch when the clouds socked in behind the kitchen was a hoot as a former crew member. As was eating lunch with the crew in the kitchen and clouds would come in through the back kitchen window and move through inside.
Crew of 1981-83.

Aimee

1/20/2018 04:02:12 pm

Hi- do you know if 441 and the Alum Cave Bluff Traill are open now - In light of government shutdown and icy roads?

Uncle Gary

1/20/2018 04:08:16 pm

I still hope to get up there before your season ends but for now I'd like to know how the government shutdown will affect you.

norman (ga.)

1/20/2018 04:10:16 pm

Friday's kitchen and star fill night sky photo was great! I have never seen so many stars , even in Montana ; may be it has something to do with the time of year, etc. Great picture! Thanks

doug y link

1/20/2018 05:19:15 pm

In yesterday's photo of the stars above the kitchen there's a bright(er) star immediately to the right of that tallest tree's (left of the kitchen in the photo) uppermost tip. I believe the view looking at the kitchen is in a south - southeast direction so that star is probably the star called "SIRIUS". There's a lot of interesting and speculative writings about this star, particularly how the western African tribe called the "Dogon" knew about it and one of its 'companion' stars long before the companion star was discovered by modern science. I would love to be able to be at the Lodge when the sky is that clear ! Absolutely magnificent !

Bev

1/20/2018 06:55:51 pm

I love reading your commentaries. They make feel like I am there. Thanks Seth

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