[pct-l] A Trail Moment in Time (urban SoCal version)

[ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com]

Pretty good, Scott! Reminds me of National Lampoon.

Mtnned
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From: "Postholer" <public at postholer.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 7:09 PM
Subject: [pct-l] A Trail Moment in Time (urban SoCal version)


> As the morning ozone laden marine layer yields to the acrid afternoon 
> haze,
> resulting in a first stage smog alert, one can't help but notice the onset
> of triple digit temperatures enhanced by single digit humidities.
>
> Surely the beautiful mountain forests falling as ash, heralded by 
> billowing
> smoke over majestic hills, hints at seasonal change. How can one ignore 
> the
> tourist enhanced traffic jam? Even the moths fluttering about the sodium
> street lights sense the oncoming season.
>
> As I lean back onto the chill of the night time grass covered in a 
> luxorious
> malathion dew and gaze with great effort through the haze and artificial
> light pollution I can't help but notice the noble celestial bodies 1 moon, 
> 2
> planets and 67 aircraft in the glorious heavens above. A tear wells up as 
> my
> emotional heart strings overload.
>
> Watching all manner of creatures scurrying thoughtlessly into the road to
> avoid the encroaching fire and flames only to be mashed permanently into 
> the
> asphalt by a never ending river of traffic causes me to wane fondly of my
> time on the most majestic of trails....
>
> Ok, well, you get the point.
>
> People numbly live their whole lives like this. The *real* world is merely 
> a
> 2 week vacation; always just a memory.
>
> -postholer
>
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