Psalms by Jim

Granite Creek Canyon

A group of seven.
Four adults with three boys,
leave Coalmont town, in the valley bottom.
Headed for an old mine shaft
in the Granite Creek Canyon.
Most of the hikers carry backpacks.
One family loads their belongings onto a baby pram.
I believe they're daft!
Oh well, a walking we will go.
At our destination an abandoned cabin is found
In which three people will be residing.
Two tents are pitched.
Our packs (and buggy) are unloaded.
Then it's off to the creek the children bound.
Listen! I believe the fisherman is deciding.
Into the canyon bottom he descends.
A cast is made into a placid pool.
As the fly settles upon the water
a Granite Creek trout strikes!
The fish is lifted from the shallow depths.
Our happy camper meanders upstream.
After awhile
Darrell returns, with fish, for his friends.
Our fisherman is wet, but wears an awesome smile.
A campfire is lit, super is cooked.
Wieners, and marshmallows are shared.
Thank you Darrell, for the fish,
that you hooked.
The mine shaft is explored.
Icicles are found,
hanging from the ceiling,
the cool dampness cannot be ignored.
Out of the mine shaft the curious campers bound.
The tunnel is unique, and so revealing.
We sit around the campfire, into the night
Telling stories.
Into the canyon twilight descends.
As the Granite Creek light diminishes
the happy hikers head for their sleeping bags.
The dog plays with the mice, beneath the cabin
for most of the night.
Keeping the critters away from her friends.
When we awake, a new day is dawning.
The sunlight caressing the treetops.
And dressing the Granite Creek Canyon.
My what a gorgeous, spectacular sight.
Most invigorating.
Breakfast is cooked on an open fire.
Tents are dismantled, pack sacks, and buggy reloaded.
Out of the canyon we climb.
Camping on the wall, of the Granite Creek Canyon,
truly a delight.
Will we return? That's our desire.

© Jim Smart

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