February 22, 2015

February 22, 2015

Written by Maximus Peperkamp, M.S. Behavioral Engineer

Dear Reader, 

 

After they had breakfast, this writer and his wife went for a long hike in Upper Bidwell Canyon. It was a beautiful day. They walked on the rocky road which goes way into the canyon and enjoyed seeing the ridge from below. At this time of the year the canyon is green and lush with grasses and flowers. Very different from the rest of the year in which it is dry and scorched. They walked for a while and reached a path that lead into the canyon near the creek. There was nobody and it was a delight to silently walk that meandering path between the lava rocks. 

Before they returned, they rested on a rock near the creek on a small beach.This writer had asked his wife to throw a rock in the creek and laughed when she did. After that it was time to go back. The walk back seemed longer and more arduous, but when they made it back to their car they felt satisfied having been out in nature for so long. They felt hungry and decided to do some shopping and buy lamb and wine. Then they went home and this writer started the barbeque. It had gotten windy and the wind made the logs burn fast.

His wife had made some snacks. They were sipping wine, eating olives, cheese and pieces of toast as they were watching the flames. The roasted lam came tasted delicious. They were looking at their house and they were talking about how they were going to landscape the rest of their yard. Where they were sitting used to be a big tree, which they had taken out after they had bought the house. The garden was still in disarray because of that, but things were slowly coming together.