I didn't know where Bell Creek Canyon was so I had to look it up. I couldn't find anything about webs there, though, so maybe the poet will explain what they are. I enjoyed the sonnet and think it conveys well the joy of being in the canyon. The last line is lovely, as others have pointed out. I kind of missed a volta, but maybe that's because voltas interest me and I'm always trying to spot them. I think Susan has a point, though -- it's a subtle volta, a shift between talk and silence. Lastly, the meter: I didn't find it as irregular as others seemed to do. It worked fine for me, both silently and out loud. There was only one line that seemed really off -- L12, which to me is a 4-beater.
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