When seeing two Pileated Woodpecker parents up close, Blissful learns that she is only passing through and to savor the moment while it lasts. 

1. It's an easy enough day on the Appalachian Trail (AT) though rainy without any views.
2. Blissful stops at a lovely campground on the banks of Lower Jo-Mary Lake surrounded by pink Lady Slippers, as delicate as crepe. 
3. These first days walking south through Maine have been hard and Blissful feels like an amateur muddling through. 
4. While she licks her wounds, two woodpeckers poke out of a snag, chittering to each other and seemingly planning who will head out for food and how will stay with the young; it's magical. 
5. The lesson that "we're only passing through" is made apparent as is that she will never pass this way again. 
6. And this realization makes her feel gratitude for being invited into this wild world.  

MUSIC: Poema del Pastor Coya by Angel Lasala  as played by Alison Young, flute and Vicki Seldon, piano

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