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Zencation Day 2: Swan River Nature Trail and Bisson Range

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First stop Swan River Nature Trail - need I say more. Breath taking views. How creative God must be to whip this into creation. The endless array of pine trees, the vast peaks and lows of mountain tops and valleys, the sound of rushing waters. The glory of it all.  Divine I say. At the end of the trial is a little BigFork town with shops lined up on a street called Electric Avenue - credits to my Bob Marley or is it vice versa 🙂. A pretty little town like an illustration in a fairytale story book. Bigfork was welcoming. Quietening the initial subtle question at the back of my mind - am I welcome here as a colored woman standing out conspicuously with braided hair? People were friendly, the smiles were unforced. Then I wondered - why do more black people not visit here? I stood out like a sore thump. Walking back to my car was easier and quicker. Racing past the same scenery I had gawked at a few moments ago. A passerby I struck a conversation with offered to reli

Zencation Day 1 - Whitefish and Somers, Montana

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Watching Super Soul Sunday on April 21st, 2019 I am inspired by former Laker coach Phil Jackson aka zen master to book a Zencation in Flathead lake, Montana. Why Flathead? The images just looked serene with a vast array of nature scenes - my kind of getaway. Arrived today,  first stop - Whitefish. What a beautiful small valley town.  Stopped by Flathead Travels to say hello to the agent that booked my trip. Warm welcome. The town has little tourists shops lined up on 2nd St. Am impressed by this Art shop with a display of African American and Native American portraits - glad and relived for the recognition as I already observed I am the only black person around. Loulas cafe served an impressive blackened salmon sandwich,  stopped by Flathead Travels to drop off free 2019 tourist magazines and off I drove 20+ miles to Outlook Inn bed and breakfast. The road is lined up by mountains, Christmas trees and oh there goes a herd of goats. This has to be a pretty sight in Decem

Beauty Marks

Beauty Mark's aka battle scars co exist with the saying - you need adversity to come into your wisdom.