Winter adventure

Winter is always an adventure, especially on unpaved back roads. We have a lot of signs like this in Connecticut. Some people turn around and go the other way, but others look at it as an adventure. No snowplows, or salt trucks, just cross country skiers, dog sleds, and people looking for an adventure. It's the same road that we have walked down in spring, summer and fall, but now the landmarks are slowly disappearing under a blanket of white snow. Fences, rocks, trees, bushes, ruts and a host of other things that we use to identify where we are on our journey are suddenly gone. How adventurous are you now? Do you keep going to see what’s ahead?

As we get older, the landmarks of our past gradually disappear. Oh sure, like the stumps, rocks and trees we remember major events in our lives but as we get further into our adventure, the details, like the pebbles in the road, disappear. Yes, there were some rough spots in the road that we didn’t see coming, but they are behind us, and the only way to avoid getting tripped up again is to move ahead.

Now, what do you do when you come to a fork in the road? Do you take the road with the least amount of snow, the most visible obstacles, or are you an adventurous risk taker that chooses the one with the most snow and deal with the unforeseen challenges as they surface? Do you keep moving forward or do you turn around and go back to a safe place to sit and wait for the snow to melt?

Personally, I prefer the adventure and the challenges that lie ahead. I have found that when you go back to sit and wait for the “snow to melt,” it’s always harder to get up and move forward, again. How about you?