The first day trip took us through some beautiful, lightly traveled country where we could see for miles and imagine the days of the pioneers and Indians. How did they manage in such remote areas without the luxuries that we take advantage of today? Thinking back to how our ancestors had to travel, I can really appreciate the comfort of my hiking boots, the convenience of the cooler keeping our lunch and water cold, and the ability to hop on our 4-wheeler to take us places in the distance along the trail that we wouldn't normally venture to on foot.
After traveling a couple miles away from our truck on our ATV, we stopped in an open area and explored on foot for about an hour. Found some relics that a sheepherder left behind years ago, and rock chips left by Indians long before the sheepherder. As we wandered around the area, a trail through the trees came in view and we knew we wanted to discover what was up that hill.
We both got back on the ATV and headed up the hill on the trail through the trees. The trail took us up hill for two or three miles, it seemed, before reaching the top. There we found a beautiful spot filled with big trees and flat grassy areas. Lots of large, twisted, dead timber all around.
As we walked among the natural "sculpture" of trees and rocks, I happened to notice one burned out tree trunk hugging a huge lichen covered boulder. Right in the middle, at the base of the trunk, the shape of a heart caught my eye. The heart shape appeared naturally in what remained of this old, weathered tree. How many others before me also marveled at this shape of a heart? What stories could this tree tell if it could talk? What events happened around this tree while it's "heart" was still beating?
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