Detours

From year to year, Navigator Tracy does her best
to adapt the route to changing times, conditions, and venues.
It is not uncommon to come across a detour, or two, or five.

Sometimes we have some warning, other times, we just come upon them.

In the beginning of this trip, I saw detours as potential pitfalls or annoyances.
As time has gone on, I see them with different eyes.

Today's detour was a street that was completely torn up, with an access on a sidewalk.
The path was ancient flagstone that threatened to push us over, pull us in, or puncture a tire.
The bumps truly put our teeth on edge.
This was not fun.
However, it also provided us with a way to see magnificent homes that
would have otherwise been hidden behind and beneath mature growth of trees and hedges.
Mansions that have seen better days, or are beginning to have a second chance.
If we had stayed on the main road, we would have missed them entirely.

We've had other detours that were just that -
changes of paths that were safer, surer, or drier.
Other detours, as today's, provide opportunities to look at things differently.

How do you address your detours?


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