February 10, 2013 THS MOUNTAIN IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE GROP HOMES

 

 

THS MOUNTAIN IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE GROUP HOMES 

 

Winter conditions with ice and snow.

 

That lucky old man had nothing to do but stroll  around heaven all day.

It was cold and windy with darkening gray skies.  Hikers had long since headed for home.   The Mountain Ravens had huddled away for the evening.  Wind whispered and whistled through the trees.  The Wind will often sing to my Soul with lyrics for which I  have no words.   Lights begin to glow and twinkle in the valley.   There is the sound of a far off train whistle.   Quiet creeps across the mountain yet sounds prevade.   A dog barks in the valley.  

This mountain is one of my favorite group homes.

Precious relative solitude on the mountain and I am reminded of a passage from Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching:

This is called the Form of the Formless,
and the Semblance of the Invisible,
this is called the Fleeting and Indeterminable.

 

LINK TO A DIFFERENT OLD RAG BLOG POSTING:

With commitments to family and friends, Holidays, and work there are becoming more and more weekends when I do not have time to patrol on Old Rag Mountain.  Because of these gaps I thought I would share a link to what I thought was a good blog posting about  hiking Old Rag late in January 2013.     I also have a link to Hiking Upwards Old Rag review page (in the channel on the right side of the blog) and it is always being updated by recent hikers reviews of their hikes.

http://www.fannetasticfood.com/2013/01/21/return-to-old-rag-mountain/

Keep in mind that during Winter conditions on Old Rag can swing from being virtually clear of ice or snow as evidenced on this blog to being dangerously coated in ice.