Of Maps & Experience

Travel writing and the mind’s eye of experience

Orcas Island and the View from Above. How does one take this experience and best visualize it on a 2D platform?

It was a smokey day when we went to the top of this ridge on Orcas Island. The nearby islands rose above the waters like ancient beasts with ridges for spines. It was easy to think in terms of origin tales like the Manitou islands in Lake Michigan.