It's a new dawn, it's a new day
One of the reasons I was so looking forward to this trip is the sun. This winter in particular I noticed that in addition to the cold, Michigan has far too many grey days. Sometimes it seems endless. I wait for the sun for longer days. I wait for the sun to be able to run outdoors. I wait for the sun to be able to ride the motorcycle. And like the animals and earth I wait for the sun to renew myself and start again. I know that may sound a little 'out there' to some, but it is a reality. Plants and animals go through this every year. Leaves falling, plants dying. Animals hibernate. It is an endless cycle. I feel very much in tune with it this year. Shake off the winter coat, the weight of grey days. Look up to the sky and see the sun. Sometimes I feel like the sun is like a battery charger. I feel ready to scale new heights and a few old ones.
Today we hit everything very well. At times it looked bleak but everything came through ok. We saw both alleged 'Crossroads'. Rosedale and clarksdale. Despite brads mechanical problems we covered roughly 300 miles. He can now sing his own verse of the song: "I went down to the crossroads.....ran out of gas...."
Now we are at some absurd Las Vegas style resort. So strange. There are a number of large casinos in this area just south of Memphis but still in Mississippi. No offense to anyone, but the average person here is collecting social security.
Gambling or not, it was so worth it to take a hot, clean shower. Nothing feels better than actually feeling clean after a shower instead of after a camping shower where you are not quite sure if you are cleaner than when you started.....
Brad and I were talking about how much we appreciate all of our fancy camping gear. A few essentials that I am glad I had this trip: jailhouse sliders and a super absorbant camp towel. They are 'must haves.'
I am off to find the buffett and bet on 11.
Sent by Tim Ganun from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
Today we hit everything very well. At times it looked bleak but everything came through ok. We saw both alleged 'Crossroads'. Rosedale and clarksdale. Despite brads mechanical problems we covered roughly 300 miles. He can now sing his own verse of the song: "I went down to the crossroads.....ran out of gas...."
Now we are at some absurd Las Vegas style resort. So strange. There are a number of large casinos in this area just south of Memphis but still in Mississippi. No offense to anyone, but the average person here is collecting social security.
Gambling or not, it was so worth it to take a hot, clean shower. Nothing feels better than actually feeling clean after a shower instead of after a camping shower where you are not quite sure if you are cleaner than when you started.....
Brad and I were talking about how much we appreciate all of our fancy camping gear. A few essentials that I am glad I had this trip: jailhouse sliders and a super absorbant camp towel. They are 'must haves.'
I am off to find the buffett and bet on 11.
Sent by Tim Ganun from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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1 Comments:
I can totally relate to the sun thing... I feel the same way. The hardest thing for me about living in Michigan is the winter. I wouldn't mind the cold so much if it was accompanied by more sunny days.
That's why I love spring so much...I always feel reborn in the spring, like the plants and animals. I am a firm believer that, like plants, humans need sunshine to survive... or at least to survive well.
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