Vermont

The mountains are beautiful here. When you look out from the peak, it's almost as if you can see the end of the world. Every color is muted and the lines are soft. there is a patchwork of snow covered fields random dots of houses. The mountains are tall and layered with lazy slopes and gradual coloring. The closest mountains are navy (green of course in summer) and the furthest away are heather. The sky does not meet the ground as it does when you are standing on it, rather, earth and sky blend together. The horizon line easily confused with a streak of clouds.

Being here reminds you of your own smallness. Your footsteps will be gone in minutes with the wind and snow, your lifetime less than a second in the memory of the mountain. Standing on a tall peak puts the traffic patterns and the mountain ranges and the ski trail all into perspective. Suddenly, state lines are less obvious and a drive that took hours looks impossibly short. Oh what this mountain must know!