The Trail Not Taken

Two trails diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

and be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads onto way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sign

Somewhere ages and ages hence;

Two "trails" diverged in a wood, and I --

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost [1916]

The San Joaquin Valley area boasts being next to some of the most beautiful scenery in the world and almost all within driving range. Within this huge list of beautiful locals you'll find Yosemite, Kings Canyon - Sequoia, Shaver Lake, Dinkey Creek, Huntington Lake, Wishon & Courtwright Reservoirs, Bass Lake, and many others.

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