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Tag enjoying the moment

Loushan Forest Road, 9:36 pm

I'm sitting here in our little campsite just taking in my surroundings.  The evening chill is just starting to set in, not too hot and not yet cold. Next to me, my wife is reading under the light. A few meters away, our son is snoring in the tent. If I face away from illuminated circle of the campsite - in any direction - I see nothing but black; it's like a solid wall of darkness just beyond the edge of the light. All around me are the sounds of the night; the whistling of a bird; the faint chirping of insects; the woosh and gurgle of the nearby waterfall; the croaking of a lone frog in the distance. Above me are myriad stars, spread out across a sky that's a single shade lighter than the surrounding forest. In quite a small way, this is perfect.

Luoping Junction, 11:59am

Im sitting on a big boulder in the middle of the river just enjoying the moment. I feel the warmth of the sun drenched rock against my butt and the palms of my hands; I feel the cool breeze on by back; my ears fill with the thunderous rush of the river. Just beyond my feet, the crystal clear water swirls around the boulder as it flows past, and beyond that, a great conical cliff draped in green rising up towards a perfect blue sky. There's a feeling here that's difficult to describe, a sort of sensory balance that's almost meditative; the sun, the wind, the churning water that draws in the eye. Just a few moments more then I slide into the water and let the current carry me downstream, a rush of adrenaline before swimming back to shore

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