mountains and moonlight

I rode with Dan Bennett last night from the Tanbark Ridge pullout to Craggy Garden Visitor Center. It was breezy, cool bordering on cold, with a slither of moonlight illuminating the way. The parkway was open to traffic until the turnout for the picnic area at Craggy, but we saw not a single car. Our lights were turned off on the way up, and we made Craggy in good time, one hour after leaving the turnout. It was inexpressablly beautiful, the moonlight illuminating the mountain ridges. We felt, and both said, how it seemed as if we were on another planet. One thing was for sure: It was so quiet we certainly could have been the only people on this planet. o^o