@pyrite

Every child has this point of view in those memories of early camping trips with their families - laying on their bedrolls, munching crunchy snacks, embers of the campfire have waned, they glow but the flickering, flittering of flames has since ceased. Unfamiliar sounds nearby of nocturnals speak amongst themselves and hundreds of feet away, as we lay on our backs and crunching on chips, are the flowery, feathery tops of these giant Sequoia canopies. Some sentinels older than ancient societies, continue to watch, like paintbrushes flinging out billions of tiny spots of twinkling light into the firmament above.

As we lie on our backs, giggling and chatting and marveling at this wonder above us, we know that like a snapshot, this enormous majesty will always remain in our minds eye. And then, as the veil of violet slumber is drawn before this grand vision above us, our thoughts turn to Mom, cooking pancakes 🥞 and bacon 🥓 and eggs 🍳 in an iron skillet, yet the visions of these grand, giant featherdusters in the sky will persist, decades beyond our memories of tomorrows breakfast.

#Sequoia #Yosemite #camping #majesty

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