You guys, I am finding my groove!  Today was a great day in the Gap 🙂

My good friend, Angie picked me up bright and early this morning at 6 am and we were on our way to Glacier National Park.  We were going to hike to Gunsight Lake, which is about a 12 mile hike.  Now it has been awhile since I have hiked like this.  Years ago before I followed my job down the rabbit hole and refused to look up, I would hike 18-25 miles in a day.  But today was a great first step in getting back into myself.

After entering the park and driving the beautiful Going to the Sun road (trust me, google it) we got to the trailhead and hit the trail at 8 am.  The morning was already warm and the mosquitos were out in force!  But we moved on down the trail, talking and laughing and made it the 6.2 miles into the lake by 10:30.  We had a snack, took a couple of pics (YAY!, thanks, Angie) and turned back to the trail to head down to the car.

Then a funny thing happened on the way down the trail.  We met a couple of women about a mile from the lake.  They were heading up and we were heading down.  Now they looked pretty spent, so it was no surprise when they asked us about how much further they had to go before the got to the lake.  When I told them about one more mile one of the women asked us “Is it worth it?”

How do you answer a question like that for someone else?!  What exactly do you mean?  It’s heaven on earth and is it worth another mile when exhausted?  For me, of course!  Yes, yes and yes!  But I am not this women.  Would she think is was worth it when she got up there?  What was she loosing by continuing on to the lake.  Is it worth your first born child?  No.  Is it worth a little pain and discomfort?  Hells, yes!  Angie and I scratched our heads on the way down wondering what kind of answer she was hoping for.  Did she want us to say “No, it’s really not that special.” so that she had an excuse?  What was she looking for?

I told her is was spectacular (it is) and that the trail flattened out in just a bit making the hiking a little easier.  They continued on up the trail.  But I am so curious to know if it was “worth it” to her.  Finding things worthy of my Gap time, of filling my finite, is my full time job at the moment.  So I hope we did not lead her in the wrong direction.  I hope it was worth it for her and I hope she smiled and breathed when seeing the lake. xxoo