Yosemite Road From the East Into the Valley
The Yosemite road
from the east
into the valley
is a trip ~
it's trippy.
The land is so clean,
so clear, so beautiful,
so pure, and so natural.
Oh, the beautiful Ponderosa
and Jeffrey pines,
from the rolling road,
with wondrous view after view
of forest, meadows,
granite, water and light.
Being here
brings me home, ~
heightening awareness,
yes, high.
This way brings me home
into the present.
I hiked here long ago
on the Pacific Crest Trail
for 4 months one year.
I walked the
John Muir trail then,
my first time ever
in California -
{and I hiked another 1 1/2 months
2 years later through the north Cascades}.
And, as a through-hiker,
I stopped at the little
post office here
in Tuolumne Meadows
for a food box.
I understand John Muir's
love for this place.
He represented
Yosemite so well,
and now there are
so many people coming here,
in this well-managed park.
There's freedom here
in California,
in the mind.
And as I travel
along this road, -
eliciting kinds
of loving bliss
just happens,
vis-a-vis Yosemite's
beauty here.
How?
Yosemite is a trip.
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