Reawakening
Vernal return, LH
With the Big Day behind us, my shadow and I needed to get in some serious hiking, and given a choice of a wide variety of venues on a still ridiculously warm day, Stasia's preference, not surprisingly, was Lantern Hill—her favorite "mountain." At 491 feet, it's perfectly kid-friendly, with enough challenging steep pitches to give a five-year-old a feeling of giddy excitement... and a much older companion the feeling that, if it became necessary, the geezer could still carry his grand-daughter to the summit and back. The walk today was muddy, given the recent heavy rains, and Stasia was quick to point out just how full the vernals en route had become. Next trek, we'll have to bring a net to see what kind of life has been born, or born-again.