Descriptive Essay-Chasing The Wind

Chasing the Wind Remember that wonderful feeling when you wake up from a bad dream, but soon feel the sudden relief of reality? When I woke up the next morning, it was the exact opposite of that feeling. I recall having a vivid dream that Riley was still with us on the trail. The three of us played out an uncanny reenactment of Without a Paddle as we came across our first bear encounter. In the dream, we all came out unscathed, prancing to feel-good music and hindered by nothing but a good story between the three of us. Then I woke up, and reality hit. What reality told me was that I was much more out-of-shape than I would have liked to believe, that I ditched my best friend in the mountains of Colorado, and that I still had two more grueling days of physical pain. All of these thoughts poured in before I had even left the tent. We were just two mindless …show more content…
It really was something that should be on a postcard, or national geographic or something. We stopped to take a couple of pictures so that we could gloat to Riley about what he missed, hopefully. The land at the bottom of the waterfall was flat, there was just a long river and a meadow strewn with all sorts of wild flowers. It was also the lowest point on the map, so for the first time in the trip, we were able to move somewhat quickly with relative ease. If there was a prime spot to see a bear, the meadow was it. The stream that ran from the waterfall was sure to be filled with trout, and the tall brush all around could give a small bear complete cover until he was right on top of you. Not to mention all around us were dense woods, climbing up the sides of the mountains until they gradually thinned, exposing bare peaks. The mountains formed a bowl around us, isolating us from the rest of the world. All of it cultivated an odd feeling of extreme liberty and fullness mixed with the pressing guilt of darkness, even in the midday