Today, I woke up at 3:30 AM in order to drive out to Maroon Bells for the sunrise. There were 40 other photographers lined up along Maroon Lake in order to capture the reflection - and this, on a Thursday morning! The clouds muted the sunrise quite a bit, so the Bells weren't quite as striking as normal. I decided to leave early and scouted around for nice-looking aspen trees. Very often, it pays to "take the road less traveled". I discovered an unmarked side road as I left the Maroon Bells area. This side road led to a trail, which led me to this path in amongst a beautiful aspen grove. I followed the path a ways and it took me deeper into the grove - a lovely way to spend the morning. The path reminds me of Robert Frost's 1920 poem, and a lesson I try to live. This afternoon, I moved the trailer to Gunnison in preparation for a photo tour I'm leading over the weekend.
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 onto 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 took the one less traveled by
And that has made all the difference
Robert Frost
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