Last week, my wife Mary and I went on our 35th anniversary hike. Actually our anniversary is not until August but we wanted to take advantage of the peak of the wildflower season between Crested Butte and Aspen, Colorado. We drove to Schofield Park and started hiking the scenic West Maroon Creek trail. It went over 12,500 foot West Maroon Mass to the Maroon Lake trailhead 11 miles later. Two days later we did the return hike on the same trail, 22 miles and 11,000 vertical feet. It was an awesome experience. We saw shoulder high Colorado Columbine, Indian Paintbrush in four colors, Kings Crown, Blue Bells, Queen Anne's Lace, Purple Daisies, Richardson Geranium, Asters, Elephant Heads and a whole host of other wildflowers that we could not identify. Plus the backdrop was the spectacular and iconic Maroon Bells and Pyramid Peak to the north and Purity Basin and Bellevue Mountain to the south of the pass. We met new friends Mike and Sandy on the way over and coming back we made other friends Greg and Rio. For me it was three days of sensory indulgence in the Maroon Bells Wilderness. We both felt so refreshed after the hike. God's creation does that. It refreshes and renews encouraging us to better serve him and others. Plus it gives us a healthy perspective - that sense of smallness surrounded by the huge world of his creativity. Are you losing your zest for life? Take a hike and have God's beautiful creation, his explosion of wildflowers, refresh and inspire you.
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