重阳时节又登高 (w English)

一个寻常的周六清晨(10/8)。从家出发时，天还是黑的。十分钟不到的车程就到了trail head附近的停车场。6：30准时开拔，今日又只有四人。此时天空开始破晓，一道绚丽的曙光驱散了黑云，从东边喷薄而出，在朝霞映衬下的金色云朵，美丽透亮无比。多么美好的一刻。天道酬勤，早起的鸟儿有虫吃，这就是老天给我们的奖赏，连带着这清新的空气和静谧的山谷，让我顷刻之间忘记了半小时前的一丝想赖床的挣扎。

 

今日第一次偶遇豺狗。那豺狗就在路中央迎面向我们走来，随后很快折身躲开我们，走上斜坡，耷拉着尾巴，竖着两只耳朵，偶尔还向我们回眸。孤独的豺狗行走在枯黄的山中，禁不免让人生出几分怜悯来。

 

 

今天四人聊得特别开心，有说有笑，畅所欲言，期间谈孩子教育，孩子的成长，谈什么是真正爱孩子，到八卦林青霞，邓文迪，翁帆，山口百惠等。一致认为山口百惠的人生，从辉煌到彻底退出，这种不需要活在人们的掌声中的平淡、淡泊，在今天这纷乱的世界里，是多么难能可贵，她的一生才真正精彩。钱是什么东西？值得用一个人的青春去交换吗？钱是可以凭自己的能力去赚的，也只有自己赚的才体现一人的价值。

 

就这样，在欢声笑语中，今日三个小时的路程很快结束了。在路的尽头，再一次看到了摇曳在风中的芦苇，紫色、淡紫色、奶黄色、白色，姿色各异。

 

 

 

 

 

徒步登山已经坚持了两年多了，我可以说是队伍中最坚持的一位。不为别的，只为自己的健康，自己的体魄。今日回家后，休息一段时间后，测了心跳，80上下，比起两年多前刚开始爬时，爬后的心跳很长一段时间都是90-100多，两年多了，如此成效，喜哉乐哉！

 

6:05 am. The alarm went off. It was still dark outside. The days are getting shorter. After less than 10 minutes in the car,  we were at the parking lot of the trail head, meeting the team. However there were only four of us today. The team is getting smaller from the regular/peak time of about 12 or more. Dawn started to crack, and minutes after we were on the trail, the sun rose from the mountain ridge afar, dispensing the dark clouds and brightening the shrouded sky. It was a beautiful morning! As early morning risers, we have been lavishly and repeatedly rewarded by the nature's beauty. Despite being arid and barren, the hills are still home to deers,  quails, road runners, messeals, snakes, and the birds, of course. Life flourishes in this seemingly bare wilderness!

Today, we ran into a coyote for the first time. It walked in the middle of the trail facing us,  and then quickly diverted to the sidewalk slope in the bush, not forgetting to turn its head at us with two ears standing upright. It looked so lonely in this open land!

We hiked; we sweated; we talked and we laughed. Today's three hours hiking quickly came to an end. At the entrance, we saw slender and colorful reeds again, beckoning us back to another new day.