![Rinks and Fossils](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbed45616f6d44b07b29f05/1702393797816-4SE4JY582N5B19NJ7C4W/colorful+multilayer+rocks+Dinosaur.jpg)
Rinks and Fossils
Sitting on the locker room floor tying skates onto the players, I felt miles away from the woman who could lay her hands on basically everything she possessed by walking from the camper to the Subaru.
![Hoppers of the Grass](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbed45616f6d44b07b29f05/1686665048385-BTKJRFNF69WQKPY1FOGG/PXL_20230607_151355281.jpg)
Hoppers of the Grass
Perhaps they’re reluctant to take the stage. Instead, they’re using the percussion of their exoskeletons to give the monologue from behind the curtain.
![Up the Water Spout](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbed45616f6d44b07b29f05/1683050523543-FPJPHDGX1EYFILDW9DWO/PXL_20230411_225458294.jpg)
Up the Water Spout
The rock I just spent an hour observing as not so bad, not too steep - now it is pretty bad and the pitch is quite steep.
![Navigational Uncertainty](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbed45616f6d44b07b29f05/1682364752501-KMK2DVK7L6OT21SBRJ9L/PXL_20230413_203724530.jpg)
Navigational Uncertainty
Which is a nice way of saying “lost.” Not for long and with no real consequence, but enough to give the guts a drop.