THE GENTLE PATH TO THE
BEYOND
By Trey Ratcliff
Please enlarge this gorgeous shot to capture the full delicacy of the leaves.
This exact location was a
little path not too far from the city center. I was unable to pinpoint exactly
with the GPS, but if you show this photo to any local, they can point you in
the right way with a nice Japanese-gesture.
The little train that
carried me into Hakone started winding through misty mountains. The trees were
thick and a fog was rolling in. I had a feeling that it would stay wet, moody,
and fairly perfect.
It had that heaviness
that made you feel like it would remain like that for a few days, and it did.
Before I get on train
rides, I have a wonderful but dangerous habit of loading up with pastries.
Train stations seem to
have nice little selections of all sorts of foreign twists on the usual
subjects.
And, since I consider
myself an explorer, I thought it would be good to get a TON of pastries and try
them all. It's very nice... sitting there... looking out the train window at a
new land... rain falling... eating pastries... (And I'm only a little ashamed
to say that, upon arrival, my pastry bag was empty.)
From the blog at www.stuckincustoms.com
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