Meditations

Return to the Heart of the Desert

Drew Hardesty

12 Oct 2022 — 1 min read

We've just returned from the Heart of the Desert.

It's there, just downstream from the Chew Ranch where two great rivers join together.  One is brown and wild, the other Green and longing to be wild again.

One day.

Pool Creek flows past our camp and empties into the One River just below the confluence. When the wind is right, the sounds of the cottonwood leaves and the ripple of the creek blend into one.  It's peaceful here. Tranquil.

The other day, we watched as seven desert bighorn worked a route of ledges 500' through the Weber sandstone out of the Park and onto the Harper Plateau. If they were aware of us, they did not acknowledge it. I wondered if they worried that their route had been discovered. I'll not reveal their passage here; you may discover it for yourself.

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A Meditation on Ego

Summer's End

Basho

Pull the Andon Cord!