Lonesome Point Enchantment

5,003' elev.

Lonesome Point Enchantment © Ken James McLeod

-- view of Glacier Peak and surrounding mountains --

Up through the old growth forest I climbed to the frozen rocky outcrop of Lonesome Point, where the view was enchanting. My only company consisted of a lone set of deer tracks in a patch of less-frozen snow, that of two huge mountain ravens circling overhead, and the far off howl of a coyote. Then, I made a hasty descent down through the shadowy forest in the fading light as darkness fell in around me. How enchanting it be . . .

Dec. 1, 2002

KJM

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