Our lives are similar to that of the pines.

As we grow older (and hopefully slightly wiser), changes occur that require our reaching out for new ground.

Imagine standing on the eastern shore of Trout Lake in northern Wisconsin. Your senses are bringing in all that is around you.

And then there was the view of Shafer Canyon Overlook on our way out of the park. Nearing the overlook parking area, almost as if on que, the late afternoon rays of sunshine pierced through the clouds and danced across the colorful striated canyon walls.