#117 / 2009 Fall: Wild Rivers Recreation Area

LA JUNTA: WILD RIVERS RECREATION AREA, NEW MEXICO

#117

La Junta

The Red River and Rio Grande come together at the Wild Rivers Recreation Area in New Mexico. Far above at La Junta Point you stand between the two gorges that hold the rivers between their enormous canyon walls.

Having trekked down the canyon paths to the confluence and looking up to Juntap Point you can barely intellectually grasp how long it took for the rivers to eat through the flat earth further and further down to the canyon floor. Millions and millions of years.

There in the midst of all that space and depth I can’t help but ponder how insignificant I am in the context of all the time ensued to create this natural wonder.

How little do we matter in the entire scheme of things except to our own selves and those who share this time and space with us? It’s marvelous and frightening.

I marvel at the friends I am still allowed to have. The longer we are on this earth the more we lose: family, friends, neighborhoods, entire worlds and levels of consciousness. The universe is still expanding, making us even more insignificant and small. How we treat each other now is the most important thing – in our homes and in the world. Happy Trails