Out Our Way: Trail eyes - Isaiah 30:20-21

Out our way, I have to confess as a greenhorn cowhand, the grazing land all looks pretty much alike. I ride up over one ridge or cross one arroyo and it looks the same on the other side. No wonder I got lost so often - for I had not yet developed "trail eyes" - the ability to see the sign that pointed me in the direction I needed to go.

One trick seasoned wranglers have sought to teach me in developing "trail eyes" was simply to look behind every few hundred yards and check your back trail. When you come back that way, you will recognize things that will guide you home.

Now, the start of the d...