Christmas Lodge Page #2

We'll fly back there, we can

book a couple luxury hotel rooms,

and then we'll hit the scene. You ever

been to Mama? Central Park, Little Italy,

ooh Chinatown... man, I know

restaurants there even locals

can't find with a GPS. We can... Mary?

Mary? Hello! Mary, you're like

in your own little world there.

Sorry Kent.

So what do you say? You up for

a jazz fest in NYC on the fourth?

Uh... I was actually hoping

we could get a couple tents

and come out here for the weekend.

You think you'll ever be able

to make time for the city?

I live in the city!

Yeah, but you don't like to go out.

Well... you know, it's been a busy

year. Coming out here is the only thing

between me and total exhaustion.

Well, I feel the same

way about the city.

Is it a rift?

No, no of course not.

Perfect.

Here's the key to your room. Are

you ready to hit the first trail?

Can't we just hang here

for the first day you know,

limber up by the pool?

Kent, we didn't come here to lounge.

We can hereto get some

sunshine and fresh air. Right?

Come on!

Yes.

I was thinking that we could

go to San Diego for Christmas.

My cousin's got this

condo there that we could...

Hey! Whoa, hold up. Can

we, can we take a break?

Sorry Kent.

Look at you, you're like uh...

a mountain lion, you're

hardly breaking a sweat.

Well, I've been coming

out here my whole life.

- It just take me a little longer to feel it.

- I don't get it.

It's raining and you're loving it. What

is it about the mountains that grabs you?

I don't know, you know I come out here and

it's like, every trouble just slips away.

Every trouble just slips away. You

know. I never... I never feel more alive.

It's not just that though, is

it? This place touches your soul.

One time when I was a

little girl, my grandfather,

he brought me to this beautiful

overlook on the trail up to the falls,

and you could just like,

see for miles. And he said,

"Mary, listen to me very

carefully. If you're ever troubled

and you need to see God,

this is where you find him.

His handy-work is visible on every...

every peak, every valley, every stream,

every meadow, more than

anywhere else in the world."

He said every minute spent out here is

a reminder... what a miracle life is.

What a miracle life is.

He said that he could feel God

and my grandmother smiling

on him, every time we hiked.

Can you feel them now?

I've been talking to them

since we left the lodge.

Well that explains why

I've been talking to myself.

So, can they fix what's troubling you?

No... but they're working on it.

My legs are itching to get hiking,

you ready? Come on.

I guess. But can we like,

slow it down a little?

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