Thursday, March 6, 2025

In the distance

 

 

From far away, I saw a ragged flag on a really high pole.  There is nothing that direction, why would there be a flag?  I walked closer.


 

With my binoculars I could see that the flag had a faded green cross and 911 on it.


 

And a sign at the bottom.


 

I don’t know who put that rescue station there, but I don’t think it was for day hikers like me.  Desperate people.  Life and death deep in the scrub.  A sober reminder that there are different layers to life in the Valley.

 

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