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image of life and death intertwining. There are rusted
hinges with peeling paint on building doors and even
the enormous nuts and bolts at the base of the giant
pulley system are picture worthy. It’s an explosion
of color with the lift chairs, poles, gears and pulley’s
alternating with red, turquoise blue and lime green.
Like many times before from other locations we have
been we discuss how sad it is to see, the magnitude
of what is before us left to rot, to be reclaimed by
Mother Nature. We have strolled for hours capturing
images and are deep in the thick trees of Evergreen
and Cottonwood to get one last shot down the hill
displaying the lift chairs, when there is a loud sound
that came from behind where Ryan was standing. We
could feel the vibration on the ground below our feet
of something very large hitting the ground. Ryan says
that Bigfoot had just tried to throw a boulder at us
and it was time to go.
I went to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota for
second opinions that summer with my condition.
After undergoing more testing they dismissed the
diagnosis from Sioux Falls, but could never tell me
what I had and it eventually went away over time. I
have never suffered another episode all these years
later. I believe there is healing in nature, physically,
mentally, and spiritually. No matter what struggles in
life you are going through, if you can take the time to
escape outdoors, you will clear your mind, heal your
soul, relax and release the tension from your body.
Even the smallest beauty exists in nature but is often
over looked, you just need to open your eyes, focus
and see. n