Calico Basin

This morning we went to Calico Basin.  We walked up a gravel road to a weird labyrinth--weird because it was spirals and spit us out strangely on a small berm.

Then we walked over a ridge into a canyon and heard / saw a creek.  It was trickling in a small waterfall and was beautiful.  We walked over to the small waterfall and I sat by it for a long time.  Ming took a walk without me.  No other people were around.

Then we followed the creek for a while.  We saw a white boulder.  We saw a distant sign.  We saw algae in the water.  We heard frogs upstream.

Then we walked back up and to the gravel road.  Tons of cars were in the lot, and people were near the lot with unleashed dogs.

At the center of the labyrinth there wasn't jewelry or coins or keys.  There was ashes, the remains of a fire.

Ming was falling asleep.  We went to the car for a pill.  He took a pill and climbed back up to read the sign we'd seen before--it was a map.  I listened to a man call after his dog over and over again.