The Maze
June 5th, 2020
Starring: Hiker 1, Hiker 2 (Millennials)
The Maze region of Canyonlands National Park, Utah. No cell service, no people, no trees.
Wearing bulky backpacks, Hiker 1 and Hiker 2 come upon a fork, with two crudely blazed trails stretching in two differing directions. They stop and stare. Hiker 1 pulls out a map.
HIKER 1
We go this way. I think.
Actually maybe not.
HIKER 2
So we’re lost?
HIKER 1
Who said that?
HIKER 2
Me.
HIKER 1
We’re not lost.
I just don’t know which we take.
HIKER 2
“Two trails diverged in a remote canyon with no direct access to water…”
HIKER 1
Frost is boss.
HIKER 1
Except we shouldn’t take the one less traveled by, should we?
We’d want the one people take that leads them back to their Jeeps, eventually?
HIKER 2
They look the same.
HIKER 1
Or there isn’t one. Maybe they loop back towards the same route.
HIKER 2
Maybe.
Or maybe one’s clearly right and one’s clearly wrong and we have to deal with what we choose.
HIKER 1
Yeah, that would suck.
I guess the only thing we can really do is pick one.
They stand there, with the map, still having no idea, not moving.
HIKER 2
You think this is why boomers say we’re indecisive?
HIKER 1
I thought we came to get away from boomers.
HIKER 2
We did. So let’s prove them all wrong.
HIKER 1
What do we do?
HIKER 2
Make a choice.
HIKER 1
Right. Make a choice. And stick to it.
Hiker 1 points to one trail. Hiker 2 nods and follows.
They walk away, down the path...
HIKER 2
And that has made all the difference.