Mountain LTE

The smell of the air, the feeling of gravel under my feet, the cold brisk mountain air on my face. These things and more where some fond memories of my experience at Pike's Peek. The bus ride there was all but comfortable. I sat in my set with my knees jammed into my chin while trying to sleep with cold air blasting on my face. That night, I only got sleep by the grace of God himself. When morning came zombie-like interns limped of the bus. Legs all stiff from awkward sleeping maneuvers in the night.
As we walk of the bus in a drunken-like state we awaited are breakfast for the day. As I alked into the gas station/Burger King my eyes where so blurry I could not make out much but the floor and ceiling. I stumbled my way into the bathroom to splash some water on my face. When I was done I looked into he mirror and could not recognize the person in the refection. My eyes where still squinted,since they where no adjusted to the light. My hair looked like I had been through a wind tunnel. So I ran my fingers through it made it look a little more socially acceptable I joined the party in the Burger King. After we where given our breakfast-in-a-box we where coaxed back on the bus to ride another 4 hours in leg-numbing positions.
When the buses finally arrived at our destination. I looked out the window and saw only deserts for miles and tall mountain peeks way off in the distance. There where cactus all around and sand would get everywhere. We drove up to the camp after being there for like 30min. We arrived and people got out stretching and moaning in pain from the trip before. We set up our sisters tent which was quit an adventure. Then we began to set up ours only to find out it was malfunctioning and had to replace it with a working one.
That night we had hot dogs and s'mores and sang praise and worship song and talked about the Christian life like this mountain climb. That the journey is more in the experience and not in the destination. That is was more about climbing and how we did it more than just getting there. I saw some of the most beautiful scenery I had ever seem in my life. Our Core was fast so we where able to hike around the South Rim and see into Mexico. That was such an amazing sight. It was as if God cut the side of to make a pseudo window for us to look upon His creation. That is when I realized a revelation. That although God did created the earth for us human beings to enjoy it was first created for Himself. How amazing that the God of the Universe would share His creation, Earth, with us! The whole experience is one I will never forget. From the climbing to the top and looking on for miles. To the pain I felt when it was all over. The Mountain LTE was just that a life transforming event.