Two weeks ago I took a walk along the Pitt Lake Dikes in the Maple Ridge area. First we drove to Mission to check out a property which turned out a bit dissapointing, but the drive was quite unexpectedly a thrill. The weather was supposed to be dry till late afternoon, and we left Vancouver in a sunny mood. As we were approaching Mission, the clouds got darker and lower, and all of a sudden we were driving through a hail storm. The road was all white with marble size ice balls. On the opposite side the road was almost blocked by an accident - one car slipped in the ditch and everybody was slowing down to see what happened. The storm was going in the opposite direction, toward Vancouver, and as we drove through Mission, the sky started clearing up and the Sun was breaking through.
On our way back, just before Maple Ridge we cought up with the storm and drove through it again! Our original plan was to take a walk along the dikes and we were hoping that we will catch the dry sky. Our walk lasted for about 1.5 hours and we watched the same storm coming our way again. We made it to the car just as the first rain drops started, so we left toward Surrey. The storm eventually cought up to us and we drove yet again through hail as we were entering Surrey...
Probably because of the dark clouds and the drama of the moment, the images I took during our walk remind me of my song "Another Night Without You"...
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This Monday morning feeling's rather strange
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Somebody’s burglarized my dawn
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The sky is ragged on the other side
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The devil flipped it over
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It wiped away the pleasure from my pillow
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Shredded are all my memories
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The claws of evil scarify my spine
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The stars are fleeing my dreams
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Another night without you
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And the hills flipped over on the forest
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It's summer yet the winter smells
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The sheets are dampy caves they feel like graves
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Smile's abandoning me
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Another night without you
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Feel free to select the song from the playlist on the right
and go through the images again. I think they fit well together...
RB
