Space, Not The Final Frontier
Everyone makes fun of states where you have stretches where you drive through......."nothing." I absolutely LOVE western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming. I always have. Heading east from IL, you have the rolling hills of Iowa, and then the corn and wheat fields of Nebraska. And then things start to change. You have rolling fields. Endless coal trains in the distance. Plateaus. The land starts to change as you do this slow steady climb. If it wasn't for your gas mileage, you might not even realize that you are indeed ever so slowly increasing in elevation. Would I love it as much without the knowledge of the breathtaking beauty of the mountains that are just beyond the horizon? You can look out and almost imagine the wagon trains heading this same path. Because nothing has changed. Take out the telephone poles and wires, the oil wells, and occasional cell towers, and you'd see what the pioneers saw. Space. Lots of space.
Hey Marie, I need nature. I live in NYC, however I've been to the south and further upstate NY, and I know of the beauty of mother nature as you drive down the open road. It's a totally different feel from a concrete jungle.
ReplyDeleteSometimes, though, it's the people that live in the concrete jungles who end up with the greatest appreciation of nature. The contrast of going from one extreme to the other....
ReplyDeleteThats an interesting way to look at it Marie. Now that I think about it, I can walk through Times Square and as amazing as all the lights and billboards are, it really doesn't leave me in a state of awe. However, when I see tourist (you can always tell who they are, cause they walk into you while they are to looking up at the buildings and lights), I can see that they appreciate the city the way I appreciate nature.
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