we never did see lake agnes

I went backpacking last weekend with my brother, Tyler, and my friend Eric on the Superior Hiking Trail. Woodpeckers, chasing the sun, hot water bottles, frozen water bottles, fantom bodies, amaretto, visible breath, smoky campfires, and the benefit of the doubt that those prints in the snow were left by foxes. The leaves were off the trees, allowing us to see deep into the woods and Lake Superior off in the distance. Things were just cold enough.