{"id":1017,"date":"2016-02-22T12:54:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T12:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2016\/02\/22\/the-phantom-ship"},"modified":"2017-09-13T07:15:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T13:15:25","slug":"the-phantom-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=1017","title":{"rendered":"The Phantom Ship"},"content":{"rendered":"
Trails that sparkle in morning’s first light get my motor running unlike anything else.<\/h5>\n
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The day before, I’d seen the small outline of the infamous Phantom Ship from the western slopes of Crater Lake. It’s haunting form beckoned for a closer look. Starting early on this fine autumn morning I searched the eastern cliffs for a closer view.<\/h5>\n
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Peering over the edge, just beyond the brush the tree’s cleared for a view of the Phantom Ship. Silently floating upon the calm waters she rests.<\/h5>\n
It was all that I hoped for on this bright, blue sky morning.<\/h5>\n
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After sitting for a spell in the sun, I head back down the trail. I find an old tree uprooted by the wind. I can feel the sad death in it’s branches, and the feeling pulls me in. I go closer to touch the dead roots of the ancient wooden being.<\/h5>\n
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I pay my respects in silence, then quietly slip away.<\/h5>\n