Bo - That was great.  I liked it a lot and read it through a few times. 

In keeping with your "sound" theme, I just right now wrote this up (and then edited it further just before I posted...).  Whether it is any good or not I couldn't say, but it speaks to my very favorite sound in Algonquin, and a primary reason I love the place so dearly.  It absolutely blows me away that there are times when you can stand in the park and hear absolutely nothing - while knowing there is life on the move everywhere around you.

Blending In

Sounds abound from day to night
As far as I can hear
Paddle splash and beaver tail
Cackling Jays and chirping squirrels
The soft, sweet White-throated sparrow
 
Wind speaks through trees
Water speaks on shorelines
Rain speckles on the forest floor
Barred Owls shock me from sleep
 
The noise of camp
The clank of pots
The zippers rip, The Velcro tears
The snap of sticks for fire
 
Though the rarest of the sounds
And the reason I return, are
Brief moments, between the wind
When all living things around
For as far as I can think or see
Fall silent in the forest
 
A moment when there is no sound
Though life around abounds
The world is still
And silent
 
And I stand
Still
And I Listen
Unnoticed
Absorbed
Until my ears ring, almost burn
In the total, miraculous silence
Of sky, of stars, of sun, of life
My favorite sound of all