Lake Fork Verne - Cruising Timber On The Divide

      
Cruising Timber on the Divide

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School Marms, and Widow Makers
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Jargon for tree- types you run into cruising
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Double crotches, and dead limb hangers
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Must be aware to or you will be losing

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And then theres barber chairs
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The stumps that werent cut clean
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The saws handled with lack of care
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Barber Chairs can impale you if not seen

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Rotten logs with bark that is loose
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Play havoc on bone-dry corked boots
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One careless footstep and you are in natures noose
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Has sent many a cruiser down its shoots

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But it is not all danger---by far,
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There is gorgeous undergrowth below the tree crowns
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So quiet and beautiful, you forget where you are
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Soak in the majesty briefly, then move on, without a sound

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To cruise these giant timbers west of the great divide
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Is an experience that few have known
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The beginning of man and nature collide
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I hold in awe... what God has sown

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Cruising timber on the great divide.
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An experience that few have known