The first 9 caches in this series are placed along the 1-mile long Byron Glacier trail near Portage. This well-maintained and mostly level trail is stroller friendly. Magnificent views of the surrounding mountains, waterfalls, and glacier are a great backdrop for skipping stones, walking on the snowfields, or seeking out remnants of the ice caves.
Here is Dragon Anatomy 101 at its best. This excerpt is from one of my favorite books in the series.
EXCERPT
Dreading what she might find, Moreta examined the injured wing. Some ichor beaded the joints, but far less than was required. Tamianth would have to be very lucky; stupidity had already worked against the poor beast. Possibly, with the application of Kilananth’s ichor at crucial points, the damage could still be reversed. Liberal and frequesnt dressings of numbweed had, at least, kept the fragments moist. Once Tamianth’s veins had been mended and water brought the poor thirsty beast …
Moreta scrubbed her hands in the redwort, hissing at the sting in half-healed scratches. Then she oiled her hands thoroughly while Pressen made the same preparation.
“First we must clean the numbweed away from the wound. I’d say the stoppage is here … and here, and perhaps, even down here near the hearts.” She lightly indicated the areas, then with oil-soaked pads, she and Pressen cleaned away the numbweed.
“Here! See where the ichor is oozing…” Her father had always talked as he worked on injured runners. Much of what she had heard from her earliest years she had been able to apply to dragons.
“Ah, here’s the first one. Just below your left hand, Pressen, should be another. Yes, and a third, a major vein leading to the hearts, and the belly vein.” Moreta reached for the fine needle and the treated thread Pressen had made ready.
“Yes, the colors are different!” Pressen saw the greenish flesh and the darker green ichor that was dragon blood, the curious shining fiber that was dragon muscle. He was absorbed.
The previous paragraphs are excerpted from Moreta, Dragonlady of Pern by Anne McCaffrey Copyright © 1983 by Anne McCaffrey.