Re-load kayaks on car.
Wash dirty clothes.
Lunch with Grandma.
Store bike in basement.
Double check every room for forgotten items.
Pick lint off sweater with Grandma.
Pack a lunch.
Back on the road.
Such is the journey.
New Years Eve in Colorado with fellow world traveler, Sarah (we experienced ancient Incan cities like Machu Picchu, floating islands on Lake Titicaca and altitude sickness on Cotopaxi together several years ago), was a blast...climbing in the Flatirons outside Boulder, potluck with unknown friends and Yonder/Widespread show downtown. No plans sometimes works out so smoothly.
Another road-trip bonus visit included a stop in Rock Springs, Wyoming, "real wyoming" as a Jackson Hole resident and friend described it to me. Good friends, Rachel and Jim, have plopped in this unsuspecting town for a while and appear to be finding the joy and love in a town not accustomed to such soulful people. Rachel's warm smile is highly contagious, no doubt a handy tool when working in the ER. And Jim never fails to leave me with a sense of inspiration through tales of his many endeavors to help heal the world. A tasty bite to eat and some dog love for Nikki, thier 12 year old Akida, and its back in the toy box headed for salt lake.
Arrival in Salt Lake and within 3 hours meant seeing a long-lost Mike Frank...4 years I think, new friend Weedy, love of my life Ian and, naturally, my girl Megan--SLC resident. Soon this small house became an international staging site as Weedy and Ian prepared to fly to Costa Rica for a 3 week kayaking festival. In less than a week, I will also enjoy a similar frenzy as I make finally preparations for my kayaking journey to China.
Megan is just living vicariously through our stories and photos for now, but she too will be on permanent vacation soon as she will at last graduate from her Graphic Designs program and U of Utah in May. We both sense our lives are resting on the cusp of something grand and I can't wait to see what the future will bring for us.
Now, 3 days into the Salt Lake portion of this particular cross-country foray, I am back on the computer, nose in books, enjoying every moment spent with my best friend, Megan. Hopefully there will be some powder face shots in our near future as well.
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