The Road Less Traveled

This summer my son and I did some traveling in search of the mystical moose. Went down highways and byways and as you see in the picture today we found more than a few roads less traveled. I can tell you one thing for sure. Some roads less traveled are that way for a reason. One of my favorite poems is The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. The impression in the poem is that the road less taken is the desirable one. Well that is not always so. It's easy to see that less than half of us go to prison for example, so the road less taken can lead to prison. Some would say that the you need to do your own thing, that it is whatever floats your boat. Others that times are changing and the old roads are obsolete, fast highways are the rule of the day not slow country roads. I'm not saying that old is good and new is bad, but how do you know which is which? Some old is to be treasured wisdom, some new is the greatest thing since sliced bread. How do you know which is which? What standards do you use to decide or is it just a decision made at a whim? Remember some roads less traveled are untraveled for a reason and some super highways have massive numbers of fatalities. Pick your road with care, that is the point of Frosts poem, once you make a choice it can be almost impossible to turn back. Gratefully in the picture after miles we found a place to turn around before the car was wrecked.