“In order to find the treasure, you will have to follow the omens. God has prepared a path for everyone to follow. You just have to read the omens that he left for you.”- Paulo Coelho, The AlchemistI once found omens fascinating, a fairy-tale-like idea that you never experienced yourself. I looked for them, hoped […]
The world is just so beautiful- AilieCamping in Yosemite National Park requires strict use of the provided bear lockers, as bears are so prevalent food is not safe in your tent or car. I woke in the middle of the night to shouting somewhere nearby, accompanied by a loud banging on one such locker. What […]
More than once, when I talked to someone about this journey and answered the question “is your husband going with you?”, the response was something like this: “and he let you do this alone??”. Sometimes this would be followed by a comment about how the speaker (always a man) would never let his wife do […]
Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose. Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune, Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing, Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms, Strong and content I travel the […]
Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life- RumiBack in the early days of this country, when European immigrants marched west, I imagine they looked around and said “this looks different, let’s call this a different state.” Crossing the border from South Dakota into Wyoming felt immediately like I […]
“Only that day dawns to which we are awake.”- Henry David ThoreauDespite all the dreaming, planning and packing, the trip never felt real, not until the day of departure. Saturday morning, September 24th, I loaded up my car, asked Ben to take my picture, and headed out. I drove to a suburb in the Southwest metro […]
When I would tell people I was going to take a three week road trip without my husband, the most common response (whether said out loud or implied by body language and facial expressions) was, “Why?” The introverts, after I explained my intended path from the Twin Cities to Los Angeles and back, showed excitement […]
