Why Geese Fly Further Than Eagles

Cruising north on Burmac Road

Great day to be riding

Lazy Sunday afternoon

Nearly mid-winter

Yet unseasonably warm

(For now at least)

And now is what matters now

The sky is clear

The air is crisp and clean

And the horizon vision's boundary

I don't know what's behind me

And don't much care

But as I look west

And then to the north

The sky is full of geese

Tens of thousands of geese

In hundreds of free-flowing formations

As far as my eye can see

Flocks so huge that they darken the sky

Even at what I perceive to be ten miles

And I am in awe and speechless

A stunned spectator in a choice box seat

Unticketed gate-crasher

Digging the show

At the premiere event of the day

There are days I wonder, "Why Kansas?"

This is not one of those days.

For today flatlands open endless skies

Full of flawless flying formations

Far out!

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Now, do yourself a favor and go to www.flightpathcoaching.com/NewFeb2006/WhyGeese.pdf

and read "Why Geeses Fly Further Than Eagles" by Bob Stromberg. One of my favorite pieces that I come back to regularly. You know that I came home and looked it up again on this day... to be sure! Enjoy life and all that's in it! Griz