More than just a lot of open space

The back side of the Yosemite Valley and Half Dome, as seen from the Tioga Pass Road overlook.

In all my years, I have been lucky enough to travel a fair bit. On foot, driving various road vehicles, aboard watercraft of different sizes, riding passenger trains, assorted airlines, and even by small aircraft. Usually with friends, but a good amount of solo mileage, too. The common thing between them is the journey.

For many people, travel is just something to get you to a destination. Understandable, but there is a lot along the way worth the time to experience. Everything from people and places, to views like the one above. I can’t begin to tell you how many times I have just stopped and stood for a few minutes to appreciate where I was. Whatever the reason, it was always worth the time.

In many ways, this is a metaphor for life itself. So much happens to us everyday that it seems like those miles just pass by without notice. If you blink, you have missed something. And you don’t know what it was.

So, boys and girls, that’s the request today. Take the time to stop and see where you are, and what’s along the way.

You never know what you may find out there.