walking down from a dune
i saw a wind-weathered tree
that looked like i imagined a 'beach cactus' would look
if they existed
just standing very still by lake michigan
(somewhat like me at one point in the middle of the dune odyssey)
--
we went on a hike
in a beautiful park
with tall grasses and water and rocks and views and sand dunes
that began with
one dune
looking forward to the rolling hills and flats
but we didn't exactly
ever make it to the place where we were headed
turned into a bigger adventure than we had imagined
perhaps we never found the official 'trail'
but we did find
dune after dune after dune
after dune
and once we got over one
we found another
and another
and another
i announced that it was like
we were in one of those old desert plane crash movies
all soft sand and more soft sand
and more soft sand
mostly uphill
thought
i may have to sleep there
or have them drag my carcass out
we may have to send one ahead
or leave one behind
and finally
after a few hours of climbing and descending
a refreshing rain, a snack, another few sets of dunes
we arrived
far from where we were headed
far from where we had started
at the very top of the 'big dune'
looking down toward another lake
walked down this last dune
and
got a ride back to where we had started
surprised we had gone so far
didn't have to send someone or leave someone
but it was a bit 'iffy' at certain points
interesting conversations happened along the way
i learned i could do more than i thought i was capable of
because there really were no options
and i did have a few comments
good thing i wasn't the navigator
or we might still be there now
good training, good workout, good adventure, all good
and i'm still finding good sand...
--
"the voyager's path is marked by the stars and not the sand dunes."
-nilotic proverb
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