11 Sunday Apr 2010
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breakup, closure, love, Random Musings, road trips, southwest, travel
3/27
The rest of the way home was blissfully uneventful. The first time I pulled into an Oregon gas station, I was thrilled that I didn’t have to pump my own gas! Oh, this state has spoiled me.
11 Sunday Apr 2010
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3/26/10
Woke up at 4:30am (without the alarm), tossed and turned but just couldn’t go back to sleep. Maybe it was because my mind was subconsciously upset that this would the last “travel” day. In fact, I planned to spend only the morning in the park so that I could return to Portland on Saturday as planned.
08 Thursday Apr 2010
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Arches National Park, Hiking, Monument Valley, Photography, Random Musings, road trips, Sedona, southwest, travel
3/25
This was the first day since the beginning of the trip that I slept past 5am. I got up around 7am. I thought I was going to “take it easy” today, but oh how I underestimated myself!
07 Wednesday Apr 2010
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Cameron Trading Post, Hiking, Photography, Random Musings, road trips, Sedona, southwest, travel, Upper Antelope Canyon
3/24
Visited the Upper Antelope Canyon. I have to admit, after the Lower Antelope Canyon photographic extravaganza yesterday, today was an anticlimax of sorts.
04 Sunday Apr 2010
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Hiking, Horseshoe Bend, Lower Antelope Canyon, Photography, Random Musings, road trips, southwest, travel
3/23:
When I woke up at 5am (maybe I should just make “5am” a default and only point out the occasion when I didn’t get up at 5), I knew something was off. What’s that sound outside? I knew, or should I say, felt, what was going on, as soon as I stepped out of the building.
04 Sunday Apr 2010
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31 Wednesday Mar 2010
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Death Valley National Park, ghost town, Hiking, Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Photography, Random Musings, Rhyolite, road trips, southwest, travel
3/21/10
Left Carson City when it was still asleep (around 6am). The neon lights were blinking lazily, the sky dark and moonless, the wavy shapes of the mountains in the distance only vaguely visible. The streets were deserted. The casino in the hotel is technically open 24/7, but when I was checking out, it was nice and quiet (only a few employees around). The woman at the desk, upon hearing that I was on my way to Death Valley National Park, commented in a rather regretful tone, “Oh I have always wanted to visit that place but have never been. Really want to check out the ghost town Bodie too. But I have nobody to go with and I don’t want to go alone.” I was tempted to say “why not just go by yourself?” but didn’t. The truth is, if I had to wait for someone to travel with me, if I had to wait for something to happen instead of making it happen, I would have been waiting forever. Most people don’t realize that and keep wishing that somehow everything would work out eventually if they just waited long enough. It wouldn’t. But knowing that doesn’t make me somehow superior or give me the right to lecture her.
31 Wednesday Mar 2010
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3/20/2010
The drive: I-5 to Sacramento, CA -> I-80 to Reno, NV -> US-395 to Carson City.
30 Tuesday Mar 2010
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I took Friday off to run a few errands:
30 Tuesday Mar 2010
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I have been back since Saturday, but have been incredibly busy with 1) uploading photos, 2) dealing with the odds and ends of real life, 3) getting back to work, and 4) trying to finish reading the library books before they are due (crazy, eh? I brought all five of them and read 10 pages in total!). I am still not done with 3 out of the 4 (partially done with #1), but now I think it’s a good time before I forget and/or feel too busy/unmotivated to write.
