One-Rock Mountains

Have you ever seen a mountain made out of one giant rock?


Well, we just saw a few yesterday. Nigeria is amazing; here, the mountains are gigantic rocks! Their huge, sometimes towering over cities. You can even see houses, farms, and churches on some. And I’m not lying. If I remember right, the mountain over Old Buka is just one big rock. That’s just one example of them. They are everywhere. We took a two hour drive to Akure in Ondo State. And on the way, we saw some of the best formations yet. Some were as large as regular mountains; the one-rock mounds are usually more rounded and shorter than the run-of-the-mill mountain. You could see rows of crops on some, and trees covered them. Golden weeds covered it like a blanket, with it's rocky ground breaking out here and there. There was this one mountain, with bright crimson trees and rocks that looked to clean and perfect, dotting it's giant parent. There were some other trees with yellow leaves, bright white trunks sticking out of the browns and greens. It reminded me of fall, the whole landscape. Sometimes we'd drive around the base of one. There was this one point, where you would look at the edge of the horizon, and see huge mounds, tinted blue by the atmosphere. There were these three huge clusters of them; it looked as if a giant slipped, and their foot ripped and kicked up the ground. Other than that, we stayed there for about five hours at an old friend's house, watching The Simpsons. Other than the stuff I already mentioned, I won't bother you with the details, or you might fall asleep.

Signing off,
The Traveler