It is it seems …. always the small things …
The basin is called The “Great” Basin for good reason, with vast vistas and mountain ranges with subordinate basins in between traveling through this land has been wonderful for Murphy and me. Alas we tarried as my wonder and curiosity led me astray from any direct route from here to there. Patient Murphy so often waiting in the car or sitting in the shade as I bounced about intent on getting “just the right image” or determined that the “best” campsite is surely just around the corner of a side road!
Long, long drives, but all so amazing and rewarding for me. We truly are blessed with a wonderful planet; this one small corner has given me an experience I will always be grateful for. The low light of the evening sun setting a juniper snag alight, a distant peek of red Indian Paintbrush, a tiny bird noticed sitting on a sagebrush while driving along at 60 mph … they all have encouraged me to pause and investigate, and yes take more pictures than anyone would ever care to see … The little things do offer wonder and beauty as sure as the mountains and the grand vistas!
I can’t be happy with 600 mile days on the road … I sure do enjoy the freedom of time to follow a sage rat’s tracks in the dust between the bunch grass to find that they intersect with the tracks of a coyote … only one set of tracks continue.
The little things are big to me!
Right now I am in the Kaibab National Forest just on the north side of Grand Canyon National Park … North entrance to the Park is closed for winter still. I now for the first time in a few hundred miles have a phone and hotspot connection so Murphy and I are resting and catching up on housekeeping and editing. I want to place my thoughts, impressions and some pictures on my blog before we begin to collect even more on down the road ... no doubt some "little things” will present themselves for my consideration!
All things great and small ... to be continued!
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StartFragmentNature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.
Henry David Thoreau EndFragment