ON TOP OF THE WORLD

I saw snow for the first time. Not mounds and mounds of it or a blanket of white covering everything in sight like in one of those pretty Christmas cards, but more like bits and pieces of it, clinging on to some really tall mountains, and parts of it trampled and dirty instead of pristine white. But that did not make it any less beautiful. There is something to be said about holding snow in your hands and feeling your fingers slowly go numb.

There definitely is something to be said about sitting on a log in the midst of a green cathedral and being thankful that all this beauty exists and that you were blessed enough to be able to drink it all in. Trees that seem to touch the sky and a silence that speaks to you. A sense of timelessness and the feeling that there is a God, whether you choose to believe in him or not.

Walking around, there are spectacular views of mountains, golf courses, Palm Springs downtown and wind mill farms. Each windmill costs anywhere from a half a million to a million dollars and there were hundreds of them visible from the top. This is definitely not a poor country.

The aerial tramway at Palm Springs is what brings you to this little piece of heaven, and that is a marvel by itself. The cable car is round and the floor keeps moving, so everyone is afforded a different view of the gorgeous mountains. Of course, you better not gawk too much at the views or you’d fall right over someone’s big feet!!!

High up (about 8000+ feet) and you come to realize how insignificant you are in the larger scheme of things. All the cares of the world drop away and you live, live just for the moment.