Golden Blue..

Can you imagine driving down a country road..

a gravel road few even know exists..and after a mile of winding through a few trees admiring the picturesque barnyards of the past the woods become more dense. Finally you reach the top of what's probably the only hill in the area. If you're just out cruising around then you have had to shift down to 2nd gear to get to the top.

Now going much slower you have time to absorb some of the beauty of of this yet untouched spot on our earth. As you come up to the top of the hill you see a wide spot on the side of the road just ahead of you. There are a couple of cars parked there and you see a trail leading into the thin strip of trees but you can't see anything beyond that unless you walk down the trail..and what do you see?

This amazing sight..a man-made lake swallowed up by nature. A place where peace is defined..A place where there's no need for color to be refined..A place of true reflection. You stop. You look. You wonder if it's real. It's so quiet.

A few men fishing..standing as quiet intruders yet not moving...You wonder if you should take another step. Will you wake up from a dream? Is that what this place is..a dream? Seriously!

I was overcome with awe years ago when I was so fortunate as to stand on the edge of the Grand Canyon.

I stood there for 6 hours just looking at the Grand Canyon . It was unreal. You looked at it but didn't believe what you were seeing. I remember saying over and over that I just couldn't believe it! How could there be something so spectacular? And now again here I stood..this time in awe of this lake. Was it real or had my imagination merely been freed up?

Finally after what seemed to be an eternity I couldn't stand there any longer but I couldn't leave either. I sat down on the tall grass and looked at the lake trying to absorb the colors so I would never forget them.

As I sat looking around I wondered how I'd lived my life not knowing this place existed. It is just a few miles away. All these years I could have had a perfect place of escape just minutes from my cage! Maybe no one knows it is there..no one but the fishermen. Why else would anybody stop?

I thought there's gotta be something else here..I looked around but nothing..no sidewalks.. no bike trails..no signs..no lights..no noise..no kids screaming..no trains rocking the house..no traffic driving by..just a wide spot on the side of the road with a pathway beaten down by men of determination..fishermen..a pathway leading somewhere out of this world. It's unreal.

Remind me next time. I'll take you there.