Ramblin' RET: Another Holiday "Hike"

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Another Holiday "Hike"

A week ago, I took a long stroll on a balmy-like Christmas Day. Today the weather was almost equally sunny but a bit colder (I think the high temperature today was 34F at 3 p.m.). I wanted to take advantage of the sun and take another long walk. I had several choices, including guided hikes at six (6) different state parks. But I decided it was silly to drive 45 minutes or more to walk when I could stay home and walk.

Since there was no snow, I decided to explore the golf course up the street from me (not quite a mile). It's a full, 18-hole course. I took all the paths, to get the full tour. I had a Google map that showed what I thought were all the paths but they missed about a third (1/3).

On the fairway.

I'm not sure how far I walked (I need to get a pedometer) but I was gone for nearly three (3) hours. This time, I wasn't lolling.

View near the start of my hike,

Note the thin layer of ice (clue: the rocks are on top of the "water").

There were other people enjoying the golf course today: several people walking their dogs; a family with several children; a three-some (illegally) playing golf; a stray dog; and several other people meandering about.

The sky was fantastic: blue with wispy clouds. The sun was sunny. There was a bit of a biting cold breeze. I was blown away by the amazing variety of trees.

The solitude was quite spiritual. Several times, I stopped and looked up at the sky and watched a cloud sail by or a distant plane spew its contrails behind it. Our world is so BIG and we are so small. I imagine that the Divine is so much more awesome than we can possible conceive.