The Road Not Taken

 

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

-Robert Frost

We just returned from a 5-day road trip in Southwestern Colorado.  We saw lots of beautiful scenery.  My absolute favorite experience was the morning we spent at the Monte Vista Wildlife Refuge.  It is what is considered a wetlands in the high altitude desert between Alamosa and Walsenberg, Colorado. It's kind of out there in the middle of nowhere, very much off the beaten path.  There were only 2 other cars...my kind of place.

Oh, the sights and sounds and smells.  It was a feast for the senses.