Staying out of the Crystal Mountains. Skydale thought it’d be easier, and I’m still a bit jumpy from a week ago. Following them through their foothills.
Getting snowy, even though it’s summer. Never seen this much snow before in my life; Cloudsdale usually doesn’t come as far south as Lareindo to distribute snow. Even when it does, it’s usually only a few inches a year, and never all at once. It’s usually spotty, not even like this. Never knew how thick it could be; it falls to the ground all light and fluffy, but walking through it’s like being buried in sand up to your knees. And it’s WET. You walk through it, it melts on your coat, and if there’s too much, you need to dry some of it off before it refreezes. Yes, I found that out personally. Nice to see all the snow yesterday, getting sick of it today. And it’s only going to get worse as we get closer to the Crystal Empire.
It’s cold here, colder than I’ve felt in my life, even during winters back home. Fortunately, my sleeping bag’s holding up. Asked Skydale how she was doing during the nights, she said just fine. Started bundling up to keep warm during the day. Skydale didn’t pack anything for this weather, but she says she’s doing just fine. Wondering if she’s doing it just to seem tough, but then again, I’m from way souther than she is; she’s used to colder temperatures than I am. For all I know, this ISN’T that bad for her. For me, though, I’m shivering a lot. Not enough to keep me from writing, though. (Obviously.)
Snow’s not too deep, so it’s not slowing our pace that much. We’re also sticking to roads a bit more, so they’ve been cleared at least a little. Makes some trouble when we’re trying to find a place to pitch a tent, but we beat out a large circle off the path to make the area level and that seems to work. It also snows during the night, but so far, neither mine nor Skydale’s has caved in from snow on it. Just not coming down thick enough yet.
Was stupid and forgot that I couldn't eat grass that'd been buried under the snow for Luna knows how long. Fortunately, Skydale wasn't stupid and had packed food for this portion of the trip for both me and her.
Can barely see the Crystal Empire in the distance. Only a few more days to go.
Winter wonderlands
Can go screw off. They’re too coldTo be enterta
To be wonderful.
No, it’s not that bad, I can kind of see the appeal of living out here if I tilt my head and squint, but this made for a halfway-decent haiku.
Endless sea of white,More to come from th
Yet more comes from the heavens.
Don’t get lost out here.
Of course, the Crystal Mountains are big and noticeable enough that that’s unlikely.