一個尋常的周六清晨(10/8)。從家出發時，天還是黑的。十分鍾不到的車程就到了trail head附近的停車場。6：30準時開拔，今日又隻有四人。此時天空開始破曉，一道絢麗的曙光驅散了黑雲，從東邊噴薄而出，在朝霞映襯下的金色雲朵，美麗透亮無比。多麽美好的一刻。天道酬勤，早起的鳥兒有蟲吃，這就是老天給我們的獎賞，連帶著這清新的空氣和靜謐的山穀，讓我頃刻之間忘記了半小時前的一絲想賴床的掙紮。

 

今日第一次偶遇豺狗。那豺狗就在路中央迎麵向我們走來，隨後很快折身躲開我們，走上斜坡，耷拉著尾巴，豎著兩隻耳朵，偶爾還向我們回眸。孤獨的豺狗行走在枯黃的山中，禁不免讓人生出幾分憐憫來。

 

 

今天四人聊得特別開心，有說有笑，暢所欲言，期間談孩子教育，孩子的成長，談什麽是真正愛孩子，到八卦林青霞，鄧文迪，翁帆，山口百惠等。一致認為山口百惠的人生，從輝煌到徹底退出，這種不需要活在人們的掌聲中的平淡、淡泊，在今天這紛亂的世界裏，是多麽難能可貴，她的一生才真正精彩。錢是什麽東西？值得用一個人的青春去交換嗎？錢是可以憑自己的能力去賺的，也隻有自己賺的才體現一人的價值。

 

就這樣，在歡聲笑語中，今日三個小時的路程很快結束了。在路的盡頭，再一次看到了搖曳在風中的蘆葦，紫色、淡紫色、奶黃色、白色，姿色各異。

 

 

 

 

 

徒步登山已經堅持了兩年多了，我可以說是隊伍中最堅持的一位。不為別的，隻為自己的健康，自己的體魄。今日回家後，休息一段時間後，測了心跳，80上下，比起兩年多前剛開始爬時，爬後的心跳很長一段時間都是90-100多，兩年多了，如此成效，喜哉樂哉！

 

6:05 am. The alarm went off. It was still dark outside. The days are getting shorter. After less than 10 minutes in the car,  we were at the parking lot of the trail head, meeting the team. However there were only four of us today. The team is getting smaller from the regular/peak time of about 12 or more. Dawn started to crack, and minutes after we were on the trail, the sun rose from the mountain ridge afar, dispensing the dark clouds and brightening the shrouded sky. It was a beautiful morning! As early morning risers, we have been lavishly and repeatedly rewarded by the nature's beauty. Despite being arid and barren, the hills are still home to deers,  quails, road runners, messeals, snakes, and the birds, of course. Life flourishes in this seemingly bare wilderness!

Today, we ran into a coyote for the first time. It walked in the middle of the trail facing us,  and then quickly diverted to the sidewalk slope in the bush, not forgetting to turn its head at us with two ears standing upright. It looked so lonely in this open land!

We hiked; we sweated; we talked and we laughed. Today's three hours hiking quickly came to an end. At the entrance, we saw slender and colorful reeds again, beckoning us back to another new day.