As I was driving to work this morning I saw a strange sight. As I came around the corner a mile from my house, there was this big bright thing sending rays at me above Cannon, obscuring my view of the top end of the tramway. How weird.. Oh yeah, that’s the sun.. As I drove up the Easton valley, with sun peeking over the snow covered Kinsmans (yes it’s still winter in the high peaks).. With all the shenanigans with COVID-19, it was nice to finally see the sun out..for more than a minute. And it ended up in the low 60s to boot..

While the world has seemed to have gone mad, we need to remember this will come to an end.. There will be life after COVID. In the meantime, remember we still live in a beautiful state, and remember to stop and appreciate the beauty all around, even just for a few moments.

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In the never ending silliness of late; including recently announced trailhead closures in WMNF due to people being stupid and not socially distancing like the recent Smart’s Mountain issue, ongoing toilet paper, paper towel, hand sanitizer hoarding, things have overtaken me. I now have 6 paper towel rolls (1 open), 6 rolls of toilet paper (1 roll open), 3 packs of 20 wet wipes, and 1 small bottle of hand sanitizer. Such a hoarder. Oh dear…