tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837037.post-1127164147445216482005-09-19T13:57:00.000-07:002005-09-19T14:11:37.460-07:00Hello again. More from Cowboy John Tours.<br /><br />Einstein was right. Time is relative. <br />Every adult knows time moves more rapidly for grown-ups <br />than for kids.<br /><br />Summer stretched forever when I was a kid. Biking to <br />the sandpit in Weiser with friends, sandwich in a bag, <br />crawling through sticky junipers in the hedge that ran <br />all the way around our house, running through the sprinkler <br />on hot Idaho days. Leaf houses in the fall under the Queen <br />Anne cherry tree. <br /><br />We planned nothing ahead of time, just plunged into the day. <br />All we cared about was what we were doing right then, in that moment.<br /><br />Today, my speed-bullet summer is used up before I get to it. <br />Mostly I live in the future, obsessing over grass-clogged <br />flowerbeds, neglected grapevines, the turbulent pile on my <br />desk, and a dusty living room.<br /><br />I recall walks in the mountains, though, when time was <br />irrelevant because I was occupied with flowers, fluffy <br />clouds, twisted mahogany trees, and moss embracing a wet <br />rock—details in the present.<br /><br />We hiked this summer a lot, just John and me and the dog, <br />but I remember a particular walk with Joann and Steve from Reno.<br /><br />The goal was Lamoille Lake. Our feet kept pace with our <br />talking, and before any of us knew we had passed the lake <br />and were standing at Liberty Pass, 10,540 feet above sea <br />level.<br />We celebrated at the Wilderness sign with a photo before <br />walking to the edge of the granite ledge to see Liberty <br />Lake in the hollow below, and tiny Castle Lake above <br />Liberty. From above, the lakes are circular, turquoise-blue <br />jewels bordered in green. (In some years the stream which <br />flows through that greenery into Liberty Lake is a mass of <br />blinding pink wild onions.) The sharp granite ridge behind <br />Castle Lake forms the southern edge of the Ruby Mts dropping <br />into Ruby Valley.<a href="http://www.cowboyjohntours.com/tour-ideas1.htm" target="_blank">Here's Castle Lake. scroll down past the<br />little church to see it</a><br /><br />More later this week!<br /><br />Thanks, and See you later.<br />JaniceCowboy John Tours Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05463148821826235252noreply@blogger.com