31. Instead of cities, you will discover redwood trees, beaches, wildflowers and mountain streams. 32. It is hard to teach modern, city-dwelling humans how to take a safe walk in the woods, much less go canyoning down a mountain stream. 33. Jacoby launches his sliver of a plastic boat on the White Salmon River, a cold mountain stream that flows into the Columbia River near his home. 34. Localized flooding is possible, especially along mountain streams in southern Colorado and northern Mew Mexico. 35. Meanwhile, Rego built a fire, washed from a mountain stream, drank juices he had brought with him and slept in a jacket and blanket. 36. Most high mountain streams are cold, fast-flowing and uncrowded. 37. On meandering hikes among the deer and chipmunks, I stop to stare through hypnotizing clouds or the mysterious ripples of a mountain stream and thank my lucky stars. 38. Other areas, such as Mount Mansfield and Stowe Mountain, also reduce parts of mountain streams to drought conditions. 39. Reading Russell Banks is like finding nuggets of pure gold in the bed of a mountain stream. 40. The children, while friendly, kept to themselves in their small home next to a mountain stream. |