Adventure

Headed to GNP, Montana.  I'm awash in the perfect mix of excitement and reluctancy.  I haven't thought about why I needed some time alone, and each time I try to force a reasonable definition behind it, the farther I get from giving answers.  There are a ton of reasons to go and see the world.  This isn't an attempt to do that, and I'm not trying to search for meaning where there is none, but I am trying to get a sense of my capacity as a human being.  Pretty sure a half-week camping trip to a well-maintained national park isn't going to induce precisely what I'm trying enlighten myself with, but all adventures tend to look and feel the same.  Why not bask in the experience?

Granite Mountain Trail, North Bend, Wa.  Kaleetan Peak on the left.