Waking up at the Lou Neff Point
Good morning, my friend. How are you this blazing hot Saturday morning?

My alarm went off at 5:45ish and although I didn't know where I was going, I was happy to just get out the door.

I ended up at Lou Neff Point.

While I run this particular loop frequently, I only knew Lou Neff Point as a spot along the trail and forgot where I needed to park to access it. I randomly parked on Lou Neff Rd and just started walking this direction, then that way, then back again.... in 90 degree humidity and thought "Oh my gooooosh. I'm never going to find this silly point. Who cares. I'm at the lake. I'll just sit here and journal" and so I sat down at the nearest bench, attempting to enjoy the view with vines closing in on all sides.

And that little voice said "Are you really accepting this, here when you came to see Lou Neff Point? Are you really going to stop here and settle... when you could just keep walking just a bit farther? Really????"

Truth.
I repacked my camera bag, re-orientated myself and headed off in the right direction this time, as I finally recognized the path. Not a quarter mile down the path there it was, of course.

So... yeah. Perhaps, if we had only just climbed to the top of that one last mountain of life, if we could pull back to have some perspective to have seen that we were just a valley away from that one dream....
But damn is it hard to not settle.

Here's to packing up our bags and heading back on the road... again.