Niche Explorations

You show up at Eawodiz Mountain ready to hike. Then you see the sign: $28 for parking. Wait. What? I’ve stood there too. Wallet out. Phone dying.

You roll up to the Eawodiz Mountain trailhead, helmet on, water packed, bike locked and ready. No sign. No map.

You’re here because you typed How Deep Is Lake Yiganlawi into a search bar. And you got a number. Probably 137 feet. Or 142. Or something close.

I stood at the edge of Lake Yiganlawi last October. Cold wind off the water. Reeds rattling like dry bones.