03/06/2024
March is here, and as usual, I am a few days late with the photo for my March 2024 calendar. Today's destination is Cape Flattery, the northwestern tip of the American frontier.
For the past few nights, I have been camping out in a vehicle, listening to the wind and coyotes howling as if they were auditioning for a horror movie. Small pinecones and tiny branches bounced off the hood of my Jeep, sounding like someone was knocking on my door to get my attention. I needed sleep.
This was my second hike in the rain that day; I was already soaked. Two minutes earlier, I was thinking, "Should I bail? Should I just call it quits and head back to civilization?" But the rain stopped, and as I trudged on, I could see the silhouette of the sun peeking through the clouds. Alone in the woods, I mumbled to myself, "Carolann, walk toward the light," with each step. When the sun finally pierced through the clouds, I forgot for a second that I was weather-beaten and weary. I felt electrified. I snapped a photo.
I thought we all had this path in front of us. Life will give us some good days, it will give us some rain, sometimes lots of rain and a few coyotes, but when that rain clears, what a wonderful feeling. It could almost make one thankful for the bad days.
The second shot is from Cape Flattery; however, I really like the one with the sun. I picked it for March because that's when winter is over. The sun is coming out, and good things are ahead.
