‘Who Are We?’

After a long day of backpacking, I snapped this photo on Zion National Park’s West Rim Trail at about 7,000 feet. In the dark hush of night, my group was awestruck by the luster and enormity of the Milky Way Galaxy. Full of couscous and warm cider, we each were rendered silent in wonder. It brought to mind a quote from I often think of when staring at the heavens and mull over the triviality of my problems:

Bobby Burch