SUNSET, STARLIGHT and SINISTER SPIRITS
Nov 21, 2019
3 minutes
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WITH HEADLIGHTS OFF, A NEW WORLD APPEARED.
Cradled above the sleepy stream, my tramping group gazed up at uninterrupted skies as stars emerged behind our improving night vision.
Each end of the suspension bridge was freckled with neon glow worms, inadvertently guiding exhausted eyes as they awaited midnight feasts.
It was a beautiful scene – even more so in darkness than in sunlight – and we had it all to ourselves. Four tired trampers smiling in the dark.
It felt like one of
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