Letting the magic happen

Well, we are approaching the end of our journey.

Tonight we are camped out in Canyonlands BLM recreation site outside of Moab.

We have been so lucky on this trip. Since we fled the snow in VA and decided to go as south as possible as quickly as possible, we have been blessed with sights that no one ever gets to see.

We have seen every single desert in full bloom. 

Yes. 

Every single one. 

It has been amazing.

I have reunited with people that I never thought I would see again, and the conversations picked up from 30 plus years ago as if barely a blip had gone by.

I have met incredible artists that have welcomed me into their world. I knew I would fit in out here.

I am anxious and trying to figure out what will happen when we get to Grand Junction. My old controlling side is kicking in. I need to just let go and let the magic happen.

Because that is what this trip has been about.

Letting the magic happen.

Reunions

What a joy it has been to reconnect with friends from the past and just pick up where we left off, as if only 5 minutes had passed since we last spoke instead of 2, 20 or 30 plus years.

Corrine & Bill sent us off with style...peeling out of the parking lot as though we were teenagers and filling our cooler with enough moonshine to violate every state law in the lower 48. Mike & I will laugh about that forever.

My cousin Jon introduced us to fabulous Mexican food in Phoenix and turned me on to the best hiking shoe ever. (inov8...in case you are interested) So great to see him without a funeral being involved.

Tim & Cindy made us the most brilliant Thai beef salad, played faulous music and welcomed us with open arms at the last minute. They also helped relieve us of the above mentioned moonshine.

Polaris & Tavin...wow. Wine tasting and a gourmet home cooked meal? I cannot wait to pay it back. The two of you are brilliant. If we have an actual house, you can bring a stray to drop off.

We are being a bit thwarted by snow at the tail end of our journey...we had a few more reunions planned in Boulder and Nederland...but we are flexible and we will be in Colorado, so the reunions will keep on happening.

For that I am forever grateful.

Fallon, NV

I am terrified to post anything.
I am on the trip of a lifetime and I cannot describe it.
All I want to do right now is paint.

Wow. Wow & Wow.

This is all so amazing to me. Every where I go out here, I see wonderful colors, amazing forms...
I want to paint it. I want to sculpt it.
I am speechless.

Silver City is my Plan B

I am finding my tribe.
This is brilliant.

Huge WOW

Big Bend was so amazing. I am still in overload from all of the colors.
It was a definite sensory overload.
Even thinking about it, I can feel every cell freaking out.

After a long day driving...spending the night in Las Cruces.

We actually found a rock hounding sight with a winery...yup. Life begins now.

We have finally left Louisiana

and it was hard. Very, very hard.

I know that it has been hard on us because we are both sniping at each other. We only do that when our emotions are running high and we are trying to protect each other from their force.

One thing that I can say for sure...
I am so happy that we were given the gift of these last 3 weeks with my fabulous Mother-in-law. I have just adored spending time without a 'Family Event' (crazy time) going on, to just be. She is drop dead amazing. The only other person that I have ever been around that is so subversively funny is my husband (her son).

So we are in Austin...& sniping at each other...(but we had a fabulous dinner of tapas at Malaga) & then we got back to our motel room & Kay was calling asking where the checks were & my dad was calling to find our where we were & if we were ok & the police were in the parking lot around our car (NH plates) & we realized that we are ok...really, really ok.