Going Full Circle in retrospect
Thinking back to five years ago it seems so logical now, in retrospect, that we walked in a circle and that each day was an unknown - that is we were not on a trail, a path, a road - we were not going to something, we were going around, encircling, encompassing, coming to know where we were - here on earth, on this planet, in this north country.
We were moved my majesty that was apparent, but also hidden. I always felt that when people asked how far we walked they asked the wrong question - it should be - "what did you see?"
I was always a meanderer. At the Audubon Center I resisted trails for many year saying that trails led through, between, but not in. When I went off trail I was someplace, on trail I would be going someplace.
Of course, I value trails, the North Country trail, the App, the Muir, Santiago, etc. Great trails, great adventures and I have followed trails in parks, wilderness, Kate and I even wrote a guide to the best trails in MN, but when I am at my best I am lost.
To understand what I mean; you have to know that I only consider myself lost when I have to look at a map and try to figure out where I am. The more I am just at a spot the better I love it.
Wondering if we could get around a headland, if we could get over a rock outcrop, if there was a way in and a way out was a dream. Going Full Circle meant that we were physically back where we began, but in reality we were not.
The Lake beside us was now a much more intimate place - more than when we sailed, biked, got married, rode on boats, picnicked, guided - more than everything. It was not ours, but we were the Lake's.
Five years and the photos never get old. Five years and the videos are still fresh. Five years and we are still trying to grasp the meaning of the largest and greatest of all Lakes.
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