Follow the orange blaze I heard.
Enjoy the day with your friend she asked.
And I said…sure.
It will be beautiful
We were pretty sure.
And we were right.
Just watch for those orange blazes.
And stick with your friend.
Until she disappears.
And this is the last known picture taken of me.
When I continued to follow the endless orange blazes…
That loop
And loop
And loop.
As everyone else follows the white blazes.
And then call the forrest rangers out to find and rescue you.
***
Disclaimer.
I was not lost.
I knew where I was.
I was not in the right place.
Until I got back to the right place.
I never stopped looking, moving and getting there.
I just took a longer time to get there.
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You finally got there. That’s what’s important. 🙂
It sure is Priceless, I was beginning to think I wouldn’t!
[ Smiles ] I followed the orange blaze and found it entertaining!
Thank you Renard Moreau, it was more entertaining for me after I found my way out! 🙂
What a beautiful place to experience this time of year.
It was gorgeous, that’s for sure. 🙂
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Beautiful colors! I too have taken awhile to get to the meeting point…but I was lost, my friend who was guiding us was not…just a little off on the trail general direction was okay. 🙂
My friend knew where she was going, sadly, I wasn’t with her! 😀
I so know that feeling. 🙂
Ha ha ha ha! In other words, you followed the path you thought was right. Just like the rest of your life! Loved the pictures and that was a great one of you especially.
Nancy
P.S. Thanks again for getting together last weekend. That was wonderful!
It was a great visit Nancy. David and I still talk about it. 🙂
I did follow where I thought I was supposed to be. But where I was supposed to be is not where I was. 😉
Personally I think being lost is an important part of being human. I get lost regularly on purpose.
I can’t say I did this one on purpose Paul, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t a purpose. 😉
I’m still following it. When is someone coming to get me? Ha!
You can do it Huck!!!!! Come on, find your inner compass!
I can hear you..
Keep searching! 😉
The photos are exquisite. If I’m parted from others I hope it will be in such circumstances.
It was beautiful. Towards the end there were some beautiful caves. But I had gone too far and was too tired to get the camera out again. Which just means I should go back. 😉
i completely understand this. i have been directionally waylaid a few times or more in my life. i always find where i wanted to be after seeing something new and wonderful. what a beautiful place to be –
It was beautiful. And painful. I’m sure there’s a lesson in that. 🙂
Well, thank goodness you got to where others would know where you were. And good thing you knew where you were. 🙂
And good thing the other lady and I found each other. We both had enough information to put together to figure out what was wrong……
Sounds a bit ominous to me…
Felt it too Marissa! 🙂
The gig’s up… We know it’s Halloween and you wanted Po to rescue you in his Ranger outfit!!! Or was it Tonto?
Hahahahahahaha! Either would have sufficed Koji! 🙂
Wow for some colors Colleen and I think that you enjoyed your trip anyway 🙂
After it was done I did! 🙂 LOL!
This reminds me of the loops and loops around Highbanks, Colleen. I used to think if I kept going left I could get outta there! 🙂 The blaze markings are intriguing, too. I like using a phone bur unless you also have a compass, it is hard to describe “Where are you?” Smiles, Robin
I didn’t have service where I was Robin, and as ridiculous as it sounds, I really knew “where” I was. I had just not received the information on how to get ‘out’ of where I was. 😉 Next time, I will make sure I go in with knowing more!
I really love this – you have such a talent for compressing the big thing of life into the simplicity of the moment (or something like that!)
Who knew the woods would be full of orange blaze, MBC? It’s a beautiful place to lose yourself in, that’s for certain! I know you always have your wits about you, that’s for sure. Right?!
I did indeed MBM, though my feet were fast losing their wits. 😉
I love this! I could read this both literally and as a very beautiful allegory for just getting through life! If I were to get lost, I would want it to be somewhere as beautiful as your gorgeous orange blaze!
It was beautiful and perfect weather Debra. I have to say, my foot is STILL healing from that unexpected 16 miles. 😉
Love love this.
Thank you! 🙂