And Linger Watching Things Themselves

I settled at Cold Mountain long ago,
Already it seems like years and years.
Freely drifting, I prowl the woods and streams
And linger watching things themselves.
Men don't get this far into the mountains,
White clouds gather and billow.
Thin grass does for a mattress,
The blue sky makes a good quilt.
Happy with a stone under head,
Let heaven and earth go about their changes.
--Gary Snyder (from "Cold Mountain Poems")

outside Horn Canyon (top)
the view west from Darwin Plateau (middle)
Dutton Point from Serpentine Rapid (below)