tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35278779306719724682024-02-20T10:56:27.919-05:00Frolick & FinnleyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992569010223511748noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3527877930671972468.post-70934308344825685502014-10-15T16:39:00.000-04:002014-10-15T16:39:11.743-04:001 Year <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is almost crippling to think that a year ago this month, I was taking a leap into what would become the best experience of my life of yet. Not one single day goes by that I don’t think about those 2 months. It is funny because looking back the reality of that trip was that I was freezing my butt off, desperately missing home, crying through forests, mountains, and canyons as they passed and thinking very lovingly violent thoughts about what I wanted to do to Finnley. All I wanted was to get home to my mama and my kitty and my home states deliciously hot weather.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So funny (the jokes on me) that not until I got home did I realize and find a million fantastic secrets about myself that I wish I had known then, but the thing is I would have never opened that door and found those things without taking the leap.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Travel has always been something I have lusted after above all things even writing. In my quaint little home, on my quaint little street, in my quaint little city, I always felt trapped. The family vacations to the same 3 destinations my whole life just weren’t doing it for me. I needed mountains in my life. I needed lakes and forests of pine. I needed more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Naturally when I got a job the first thing I did was save to do so. Even before it all I went to California, Florida’s hot older sister state. I saw mountains, REAL MOUNTAINS, for the very first time. I spent 10 days with Finnley, both of us in what seemed like a perpetual state of awe. To this day California melts my whip cream heart into my hot chocolate veins. That was the trip that sparked Finnley's interest in travel and confirmed everything I knew about what kind of life I needed to live.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When we left a year ago today, I was terrified. I finally handed myself what I always wanted and had no clue how to use my freedom. I let small details ruin moments, I let the cold freeze possibilities, but I also let myself feel lost when I had no idea that I was. All I could see was the horizon, a figurative destination, not knowing how to get there or what would even happen when I arrived and it hit me; this is a good thing. But it wasn't until I got home and everything in my brain started stabilizing that I could use everything I had learned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm a typical control freak and a master at avoiding problems. However, for me never taking risks and letting loose made me emotionally sheltered and lead to no rewards, no lessons learned, and no awesome stories. All it left me with is a blown up head because nothing wrong ever happened. I began to think I was some master at life and all knowing when in reality I was limiting myself and I wasn't doing what I most desired to do; live.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Finnley on the other hand is the complete opposite. He is your not so typical risk taking, wild running, soul of Huckleberry Finn man boy who is a master at getting out of problems after they already occur. Believe me when I tell you regardless of the fact that our relationship is the perfect potion for a literal tug or world war, he has taught me the most important lessons about being who I want to be. Every time he pulls me into the mud no matter how much I may bitch and fight and scream on the way down, when I'm in it, I play.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He has pushed me out of my comfort zone and to my limits more than a plenty. Whether it be during hiking miles into the dunes of Death Valley though my legs couldn't bare it, or to climb down one of the many thin trails at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, no matter how much I cried and bitched because he knows when I get down there I won’t be able to put my camera down and take my eyes off of the vast and unprocessable beauty. He pushes me to open my eyes and stop being stubborn and blinded by my sometimes crippling fears and for that I am eternally grateful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I hope to say that I am as complimentary to his life as well. Some people would call me a buzz kill, but I keep him safe to an extent. For that he knows I care. I'm the dreamer when he can’t find his, I'm the grounder when his excitable nature takes it too far, I'm the navigator when he drives, and I always above all encourage him to be himself and embrace who he really is instead of bowing to the demands of our conventional society that sometimes grab him by the belt loops. I get us to leap, he teaches us how to fly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The majority of the past year has been spent working, day-dreaming about travel, and obsessively camping when we can and until we may leave again that is what we will continue doing (we will leave again - pinky swear). Camping seems to be the only thing that keeps me sane at home. I'm proud to say that there is no place I rather sleep than in a tent. I crave the outdoors, I want to be active and feel my body alive, and sometimes I ever surpass Finnley now in our adventures, often times scaring him with my shenanigans. Whether it be sunset paddle boarding, moonlit kayaking, or streaking along a shore, we as a team are now always up for an adventure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our last adventure took us to a moonlit night on Sanibel Island. A cold front was blowing in, but the night sky unlike the days, was a clear navy, waxed with thin clouds. The moon was at the center of the oceans horizon. The stars were dim and the ocean flipped calm waves to shore. Never has it felt so good to strip to nothing, run, and jump into my loves arms and fall into the ocean as our friends look on hesitant to feel the freedom. The way I see it is this is just the beginning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After all the traffic drama of The Keys I was ready to get back to the middle of BF nowhere; to the roots of my camping past and head to the woods. The last time Finnley and I camped in the woods was last November in the Grand Canyon, so you could imagine I was quite excited to go and to be doing something different from the beachy norms of late. We were headed to Alexander Springs; one of many of the Florida Springs in the Ocala area. Previously, Finnley and I had been to Juniper Springs and Blue Spring and loved it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was going to be a 4 hour drive this time so we attempted leaving earlier than usual and were able to get on the road around 9:00am. In comparison to the Keys, the drive was pretty boring. The turnpike isn't meant to be scenic I suppose, but that always makes the drive feel longer. When we finally got off and onto local roads was when it got slightly more scenic and hilly! I forgot how hilly it can get in central Florida. I don’t know why, but for some reason rural Florida freaks me out more than any other rural place I've been. I just get weird vibes that I have yet been able to explain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyhow, about ten minutes before we were supposed to reach the campground we ended up getting in an accident. When will the traffic horrors end!!! Oh yeh I live in Florida... sooo never. A motorcyclist hit my car from behind and we were basically stuck at the scene for 2+ hours. Thank goodness the guy was ok, but there went all of our good weekends. I guess some people would say this would be a good story to be told; how Finnley lifted the motorcycle off the man and dragged him from gasoline gushing toward him, how I was the only person dialing 911 out of the 10 tards that just stood around looking, and how all the poor man cared about was how everyone else was doing (even my car!) and his bike of course, but beyond that I rather not. I don’t want to have to relive it and I don’t want anyone else to either.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Honestly I don't even feel like blogging about this entire trip because when I think about it all the feelings of "why" flood back. For a lack of better words, that experience basically mind fucked us for the following 2 days. I tried to find reason, maybe this is a lesson? For me? For him? For Finnley? I don’t know. I almost felt betrayed by the vibes of the earth because lately more than ever have I been throwing the most positive and pure vibes out there only to be shit on for wanting to camp in the woods? For wanting to camp as much as I do? For escaping my zombie grind barely a day and a half a week? I never found a reason and sometimes I still get anxiety about it, but I have to remind myself I cannot keep that kind of defeatist attitude towards life, because that is all it really is. From a page out of Forrest Gump it all really boils down to "shit happens".</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Luckily for us my car was still drivable. We made it to camp around 5:00pm and set up. The site was super big and we had our own little section of woods next to it. After relaxing and trying to get ourselves together we headed over to the spring to check it out. On our walk there we ran into some giant bumble bees and a family that were also in the cross hairs of these radioactive looking creatures. We were both looking for the spring and started talking. It was a mom, her daughter, and her family friend. The mom seriously looked like, talked like, and laughed like Kendra from TV, but like a normal mom version. It was so weird. I'd put money on them being related. She was so nice and cute. Her daughter, Isabella, who probably wasn't over the age of 6 was also adorable and I spent the next hour or so with her making nests out of the Spanish moss from the Oak trees. They were also with a young boy about high school age who was their family friend. He was really into ecology and taught us some cool things about nature.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">We stayed there and walked around taking pictures until almost sundown. I was starving so Finnley made us dinner when we got back to camp. We had a nice big fire again and spent the rest of the night staring at it and talking. At one point we went to take the trash out and on our way back passed a site with about 15 people standing around a big fire, all with their wrists crossed towards the fire and gazing in. Told you rural Florida was creepy. However, doesn't really compare to our travelling friend Katie's way creepier, but similar story. Two big differences with hers: Mormon Utah and they were all naked! Anyway I tried to keep a positive attitude about it and/or ignore it. We went to bed soon after. I was really tired so I started falling asleep good, but then was jolted by the thought that I didn't remember where I put my keys. I tried waking Finnley up, but that never does any good. It always takes more man power then it’s worth to wake him up. So I had to go find them. I apparently left them in one of the camp chairs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When I tried going back to bed I just kind of ended up laying there is a trance for the rest of the night. We woke up kind of late and made breakfast. Afterwards we only had time for one activity before we'd have to start packing up. We decided we would take our new blow up kayak out for a run. I wanted to swim in the spring because I had also just bought a new wetsuit, but Finnley won that battle as per usual. We had to carry that damn thing so far to the canoe drop. I was under the impression that it was going to be like regular water, but to my pleasant surprise it turned out to be a whole river that looked like a spring. It slightly took the sting of not getting to swim in it away (slightly!). It was a really gorgeous day out. The sun was shining and there was a slight wind. The water all around us was glittered with sun crystals. It was so beautiful and peaceful everywhere we looked. We rowed around for an hour or so before we headed back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">We packed up and headed out. There was one spot we drove by that was so hilly I was thinking in my head " wow, looks like Tennessee" and literally like .5 seconds after that thought Finnley said the same thing to me out loud. It was a very nice spot, hills and valleys, very non-Florida-like. I drove the first half of the way home before it was Finnley's turn. We got home around 6:00pm feeling exhausted; mentally, emotionally, physically. While the camping bug bites on, we required a much needed break from the road. Never thought that would come out of my mouth/fingertips! :-X</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992569010223511748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3527877930671972468.post-71519364967973009482014-04-30T22:33:00.000-04:002014-04-30T22:33:11.605-04:00The Keys Disease: A Never-Ending Saga of Sunshine<span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Over the past couple of months I have developed a very bad/good habit of obsessively checking Reserve America for availability, particularly for Long Key. Bad because I keep booking and booking and leaving barely any weekend time for recouping and/or the mundane errands that us regular people with full-time jobs have to do like cleaning and well mostly cleaning. I end up going days, sometimes a full week with all my gear still in my car. I'm pretty sure at this point my co-workers think I'm living out of it, but hey it makes me feel mobile and I like that! Good because well I keep getting to go back! Weeee! Two weeks after our last Long Key visit I found another cancellation and we headed off to our paradise once again.</span></span><div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">This time Finnley slept over my house so we could try and get an early start. As expected that didn't work out as planned. We left around 10:00am after shopping and buying another seafood feast. Unfortunately, we ran into bad traffic pretty much right off the bat. We were barely driving an hour before we were backed up for an hour. After the 3-way intersection of The Keys, Everglades National Park, and Biscayne Bay we started moving, but ended up stopped again on the blue walled road for another hour. After the past two trips down there I was and am still really sick of traffic. I almost exploded in anger. Every time that shit ruins it for me. I mean I know down in the Keys that is like the standard, but every time Finnley and I have gone to Key West before, 98% of the time it was smooth sailing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Something I noticed and found weird about the Keys is every time we are stuck in traffic people decide to get out of their cars and start walking. Normally when you’re dead stopped for an hour plus the people can make it to a point and get picked up, but traffic was moving a little too fast this time and we saw a guy running after his car. I felt bad for him, but it was really funny and his friends did eventually pull over and wait for him. <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">At one point as we sat in the dead of traffic, the man in the car behind us exited his vehicle carrying a styrofoam food container, walked to the side of the road into the grass and just dropped it there. I watched this person in shock. I couldn't and still can't believe someone can be so deliberately careless for the earth. I got his tag number, I don’t know what I'm going to do with it lol, but I have it just in case. My dad actually offered the only insight into a justifiable reason: what if he had a bathroom related accident?? Lol can’t argue with that. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Due to all the delays we didn't make it to camp until 3:00pm. When we got there the ranger remembered us from last time and we talked to her for a little. We did a quick setup and tried to calm down from the 4 hour drive that should have only taken 2. This time we had some friendly neighbors from Maine. We talked to them and exchanged stories of our travels as we set up and made our pregame dinner of clams and steak. Afterwards we did some exploring and watched the sunset. Unfortunately our delay didn't leave much time for adventure. When night fell we had a second dinner of scallops and shrimp. Nothing tastes better than a grilled scallop dipped in garlic butter as your toes are in the sand and the wind blows sea threw your hair. Which reminds me, holy moly was it windy! Everything we did was a double struggle mixed with laughter at all our awkwardness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And it only gets worse! In the next dream I was at what looked like my grandma's house. Finnley and I were there as well as this young teenage girl who was obsessed with Finnley. In the dream I didn't care because she was so young and for that I didn't find her threatening, but at one point she said something to me that pissed me off and I told her to go drown herself in the ocean. So basically she ran out the door to go down to the ocean in the backyard. Finnley and I start talking about it and I'm telling him to go get her, but we end up talking for so long that she succeeded. She came back as an evil spirit and burst through the door going inside everything and trying to attack us. The last thing I remember is throwing something heavy at her and her going inside a baby’s body and biting the crap out of my arm lolol!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So as you could imagine I was kind of in a weird mood that day especially being around the water and all. The weirdest part about the first dream was I felt like it was really one of those dreams that mean something. I felt a very direct connection between it and my consciousness. After all water is the dream symbol for a person’s consciousness. I just couldn't figure out what the heck it meant. Usually when I have dreams like that I know even before looking it up what they mean, but this one had me confused. It wasn't until the moment that Finnley and I sat at the water’s edge that night that I started putting pieces together. It had to do with my anxiety about growing up and moving forward in my life because regardless of how amazing and how much I love the present changes within me and the future changes I'm working towards, I'll never stop being nostalgic for what was once my fairytale. I was blessed with a life full of an abundance of love and the opportunity to be a child with no cares or worries about anything. For that I will forever wish and dream that I could just go back even if I understand that I must simply have gratitude and move forward.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I get anxiety a lot when I'm away from home because I'm yearning for that, but as I sat at Long Keys water edge I realized I have to let it go and so I sent it off into the ocean with a few figurative tears and sat back by the fire. Again affirming that sentiment I stared into the flames that are endlessly given birth by those before its ashes and coals; it was one of many moments (past, present, and future) of a rebirth of thought or at least an effort towards it. We went to bed soon after. I woke up all night as usual and I think I kept our neighbors up as well. The new sleeping pads were noisy as can be because I didn't put a blanket under them. Every time I tossed and turned I heard them wake up. Later the next day we found out the noise kept waking the wife up because she thought it was rats lol! Earlier the night before they came back and told us they saw rats at our other neighbors campsite and that they told them about giant rats on one of the Keys islands. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had to look these rats up and when I did I fell in love. I pretty much need a giant rat now, but thats another story for the future. Anyhow because of this and because I wake up and pee all throughout the night, every night I keep a little camp toilet outside of my tent so I don't have to walk all the way to the bathroom in the crack ass of night. However if you walk by or are around my tent you may see my crack ass in the night and one time that night I woke up in my usual sleepy delirium and stuck my little bare butt out the tent and heard a man make a shocked noise. Now I don't know for sure if I subjected that poor man to such a strange site, but it sure sounded like it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yet, I refuse to believe it and assume for the sake of my embarrassment that he just made that noise because his wife woke him up once again over her fear of rats (they usually camp in a RV if you didn't infer that already). By the way there is just nothing like waking up in the middle of the night bare assed and peeing while staring at the stars and listening to the ocean waves :-P. I highly recommend! <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">At around 5:00am I woke up and looked out of the tent and everything had changed. Everything was so calm and quiet. There was no wind and the water was flat. There was a huge star straight ahead of me and it shone a white light on the water. There was also a large cruise ship out in the distance. It was a very beautiful and peaceful moment for me. After that I fell asleep like a baby until sunrise.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When I woke up again for sunrise the day was back to its windy ways, but boy was the sunrise a sight to be seen. The sky was glittered with clouds. I always think clouds enhance a sunrise and sunset, at least for pictures. After taking many we went back to sleep for an hour or two, despite our better judgment. When we finally got up Finnley made breakfast and I tried to help because the wind was making everything difficult. Afterwards we were feeling indecisive about what we should do and ended up talking to our neighbors again for a while. We were going to kayak again, but I was concerned about the wind being too strong. Instead we decided to do the 1mi nature trail on the North end of the park. I didn't think it was that long of a walk from our campsite to the start of the trail so we skipped along. We had no idea how long the actual trail was and Finnley was kind of concerned, but I knew it couldn't be much more than a mile.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The whole week after Bahia Honda Finnley and I looked forward to and longed for the following weekend at Long Key State Park. It was so nice have something to think about during our daily grinds. The prior week I had ordered a new backpacking tent so we were excited to get to use it at this park. It's a Big Agnes Seedhouse 3 person and only weighs about 4lbs! A refreshing change from our 8 person, 38lb tent. While I love my huge excessive dome, it's just not practical for the day trips, hot weather, and plane travel of Finnley and I's camping future. I also ordered some Therm-a-rest camper’s sleeping pads because our huge excessive 2 person cot wouldn't fit in the new tent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When Friday came along (also Valentine’s Day) Finnley and I were both bursting with excitement and anticipation. I felt so happy, I almost felt like it couldn't be true. I got anxiety because I thought something bad was going to happen. However, I managed to talk myself out of it and told myself that I was going to allow myself to be happy and I ended up feeling better. Finnley and I had planned on getting an early start so that we could go down to Key West first and then back down to the park. I woke up at 7:30am and tried my best to get out of bed, but my Lola was being so cute and every time I tried to leave she would get upset so I had to lay with her for a little while. It also didn't help that I was so tired my eyes were crossing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had wanted to leave by 9:00am, but ended up leaving around 10:00am instead. This time the drive was ok, but I noticed I was in a weird mood. Finnley drank a Redbull and was talking to me at a million miles an hour and I couldn't take it. I was having anxiety and that was making it worse. I tried to acknowledge it to myself and let him know, but that pretty much caused a fight that lasted until sundown that night. It started out playful with me smacking him in the face with straws, but escalated from there. Finnley didn't feel like driving an extra 2 hours out of the way to Key West just so I could go shop at my favorite store and that's fine, but we had planned on it so I wasn't backing down. He also freaked out every time traffic was slowing down and every time I tried to calm him down because he was driving my car, he just got angrier. I think he was so terrified we were going to get stuck for hours again. The blue water wasn't so relaxing this time. It was rough and the cars air was thick with tension. Everything just looked sad and volatile.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We stopped at Long Key on the way and checked in and checked out the site. It was a lot closer to the beach than Bahia Honda and the water was different. At Bahia Honda the beach was more sand and had waves. This was still glassy water with a floor covered in shmushy algae. It was very beautiful. The water reached as far as my eyes could see. The site was fairly shady and had a picnic table and fire ring. The only thing that was slightly a disappointment was how loud the traffic was. A little after arrival we headed out to Key West. We got there at 3:00pm and went straight to my store. I got some jewelry and we rushed back to the car. I love Key West and wish we could have stayed longer, but the sun was going down soon and we still needed to shop for food.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We made it to Publix with 30 minutes to shop and got in and out right on time. Getting back to camp with 30 minutes of light to spare, we rushed to prepare camp. The new tent was a breeze to set up and we also washed dishes and got to see a bit of the sunset. Finnley started what was supposed to be our romantic Valentine’s Day dinner/ island feast of lobster, shrimp cabobs, and scallops. When the sun went down the tension between me and Finnley dissipated and we slowly got camper cozy as we watched the enormous sherbet moon rise from the glassy waters as it drew moon beams upon. With our bellies full of delicious seafood delight we relaxed and stared out into the ocean together. I decided I should attempt some long exposure shots before I got too tired. I got my camera out and figured out how to use the little remote. I took some pictures of the moon, the fire, and our campsite. They came out pretty cool, but not as cool as I wanted. I have much more to learn about that kind of photography.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Finnley decided to get schwasted so he was pretty entertaining. One time I went to set my camera up behind the tent and I came out and walked towards the fire. Finnley was walking by and jumped back and squared his fists as I walked by. I started cracking up. He said I scared the crap out of him. It was so funny because I wasn't even trying to this time. The rest of the night before bed we sat by the fire and reminisced on last year’s road trip. It's still bittersweet. Sometimes the memories get so far from me, I feel like it never happened, like everything is same as it was before we left, like I could be leaving any second for it. I only have the changes that happened within myself to look fondly on and remind me that it really happened. However, those changes are sometimes hard to see when you’re in the exact same circumstances you were in before as I am. Not to lessen the changes because they are vast and beautiful. I have an innate happiness that never existed before as well as a drive that is insatiable in all the many good and bad ways. I'm finally learning to harness and take advantage of my Type A personality traits instead of despise and discard them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Because we didn't have the sleeping pads yet we made a bed on the ground with a couple sleeping bags and blankets. Surprisingly it wasn't bad. My butt bone hurt a little in the middle of the night, but nothing more out of my ordinary wake up pains. Finnley slept well too. We woke up a little after sunrise, but still got some pretty pictures and went back to sleep for an hour. It was so cool I didn't even have to get out of the tent to see the sunrise, all I had to do was sit up. It was a beyond beautiful day out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Finnley started making breakfast and I tried to help, but I was distracted by the beauty all around me. After we ate we decided we would go kayaking. After renting the kayak Finnley took it back to the campsite via the water while I drove back. I wanted to bring my GoPro out there, but I forgot to charge it and I was not happy about that. I had to bring my Iphone instead. We paddled out pretty far because I planned on getting some topless kayaking in and Finnley had his own motives. I remember looking down and watching this reef formation drift behind me so fast I could have been in a car. At that point I got a little nervous, but we were able to paddle back to the coast with some man power. I knew my arms were going to be sore. When we got to the coast the water calmed down. It was nice and clear and tinted in a sea glass green. We paddled to some land that looked like it was a part of the nature trail on the North end of the park. We walked around on the shore for a little. The sand in the shallow water was so mushy it almost trapped Finnley in it because he was wearing sandals. I had to help him out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We got back on the kayak and headed north. It was cool because there were a lot of trees and a little trail that took you through them. Finnley decided to stand up on the kayak to see what all the raving about SUP paddle boarding was about and he ended up liking it a lot. He said he could see everything, all the fishes and what not. He made me stand so I could see too. It was pretty cool, but felt a little unstable. When he stood back up he saw a baby nurse shark and later I saw another one, but it kind of looked like a hammerhead shark. It was really cute. Afterwards we headed south a little and then back to drop the kayak off. We walked back to camp and went to pay for the 2 hours and return the vests and paddles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When we got back it was about time to start cleaning up, but I really didn't want to go. I really love Long Key, better than Bahia Honda, and if I could go every weekend I would! While Finnley starting packing up I tanned a little and took it all in. We were out of there around 12:30pm and went to go eat at the Islamorada restaurant by Bass Pro. There was actually some sort of Chili Festival going on and I wanted to go, but Finnley didn't because there was a 30 minute wait at the restaurant and he said the buzzer wouldn't work over there. Can you say Party Pooper? We went to this fish market instead and he bought some smoked fish. We went outside and ate some until the buzzer went off. We ordered a lot of food. It was definitely a seafood feast kind of weekend. We got the fish dip appetizer which was amazing! Finnley got the sampler for his meal and I got coconut shrimp. We were both really sad to be leaving. I wish I could stay there forever. It's like paradise. I have the camping bug now worse than ever and I plan on scratching that itch as much as possible. Here's to continuing the adventures!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Last month in a last effort to find a place to camp for Valentine’s day with my Finnley, I got on my determined finders face that I often get in these dire vacation situations and went onto Reserve America at work in a scamper. Mind you, everywhere worth going had been booked the previous day, leaving my past plans of camping in Ocala that weekend with my cuzzy, dead. However, as I browsed the pages I came across a rare and majestic opening at Long Key State Park in the Keys. My scamper increased tenfold and my fingers flew to book the site before I could even process what was happening. I was so happy I couldn't stop smiling. It was definitely one of those cheek sore moments.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As I was trying to focus and get back to work I started thinking "damn I'm feeling lucky" and it came to me to check for the current weekend. As the first page popped up I see Bahia Honda State Park lit in a blue that I have never seen for this park before. There was one site available. I got dizzy, my eyes blurred. If Long Keys availability was rare and majestic, Bahia Honda's was the King Unicorn of Never-never land. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fireworks, confetti, and star ships flew from all my facial orifices. I thought I might explode as a direct result and consequence of filling up with that much joy. I was at max cap. I was literally Will Ferrell in Elf when his boss announced Santa was coming. Slow panting, mumbling, and all. I couldn't remember another time I had been this happy. I never get this lucky. People literally wait to camp at Bahia Honda for months. Anyhow, I tried to ask Finnley if he wanted to go, but he didn't answer...so I booked it anyway. I figured even if he was mad, he wouldn't regret it once we were there. After-all, this was known as South Florida's best beach.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So instead of the promised Friday date Finnley and I had planned we both packed our gear up and went off to bed in anticipation of the much needed adventure filled weekend ahead. We got an early start the next morning and finished off our packing. When I got to Finnley's house we went to the grocery store to buy our meals. By noon we were off to the Keys with a salty breeze and the close to comatose inducing blue water ahead of us.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The drive down was as relaxing as usual. I always compare it to the 2 hour drive to my cousins house or the 3 hour drive to my grandma’s because though it is longer, at least to Key West, it feels shorter than both of those drives. A wave hits you the second you start seeing the glassy turquoise water. Reggae starts flooding your mind, the car windows come down, the suns shinning in your sunglasses, the sky a glowing blue, the smell of salt and sunscreen wisp under your nose. Basically, all your cares slip away into the island waters.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">However partial I may be to mountains, there is just something innate within me that feels nurtured by an island setting. I feel at home. I always relate well with the island life. I have fantasies of being an island girl walking through my fruitful gardens of palm, mango, pineapple, avocado, and star fruit trees, collecting my ruby treasures, barefoot with some sort of colorful ankle length skirt sweeping across my feet and checkered sunbeams kissing my cheeks.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We arrived at Bahia Honda around 3 in the afternoon and checked in. When we got to our campsite we were both beyond pleased to see the ocean tide right behind us. We even had a little pathway that took us to the beach (not all the campsites have this). The site itself was a bit small for our excessive 8 man tent so we had to rework the layout a little, but all was well. At first Finnley was disappointed because there was no fire ring at the sight, just a grill, but we ended up making a fire in the grill later that night anyway and it worked out pretty nice. Our setup went swifter than usual because the stakes were easy to get in due to the campsites are in sand and we didn't need to put the rainfly on because weather was supposed to be clear.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This was a disappointment because I didn't want to go to bed at 9:00pm. I had plans of astrophotography and whatever other night adventures came to mind, but my body was not having any of it. Finnley came to bed a little after me and we fell asleep, but I ended up waking up at 11:00pm wide awake or so I thought. This continued all throughout the night. I'd wake up, get up, feel dizzy and confused, and go back to sleep. I had so much anxiety because I thought something was wrong with me. I had strange dreams all night one of which was of a raccoon biting my hand and because I was in such a daze I had to think really hard if it was real or not. I determined because my hand didn't hurt that it probably didn't happen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By morning I felt quite drowsy, but it was an improvement from the night before. We got out of cot early enough for sunrise. As we walked down the pathway towards the ocean we saw dolphin fins pop up right in front of the sun and continue to swim along the shore. The no-see-ums were really bad and we forgot bug spray, but we managed to watch the sun come up. It was as beautiful as it always is. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I love sunsets, but there is just something about a sunrise. It's like a medallion for hope, ever symbolizing that sentiment and newness, changes, and the bright futures of us all. It is the Grand Marshal of optimism and positivity; it is the cup half full. I took trillions of pictures and we got ready for breakfast. The no-see-ums were so bad at this point I literally had to fan them away from Finnleys legs with a paper plate while he was cooking.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We started packing up around 12:00pm and were out of there before 1:00pm. We planned on going to lunch at one of the cool restaurants along the overseas highway, but ended up running into some monstrous traffic. We were dead stopped before the Long Key Bridge. Eventually we heard there was a head on collision involving 5 cars. We decided it would be better to turn around at this point. We went looking for a place to eat, but all the cool places were packed so we just ended up at KFC. We drove back and ended up sitting in traffic for another 2 hours on the bridge. I figured at least we had a good view. We got home around 8:00pm that night exhausted, but with the sweet sea smell reminder of the weekend to come in Long Key State Park all over us.</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992569010223511748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3527877930671972468.post-67517658346180113562014-01-31T17:29:00.003-05:002014-01-31T17:47:59.059-05:00It's not over yet!<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have officially been back "home" for as long as
we were gone. We are both back to work and trying to make the best of our time
off with little bike ride adventures here and there as well as future plans to start
rock climbing again and camping locally more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">However, flashes of our road trip slip in and out of my head
all day long. Every little thing reminds me of something, somewhere. For almost
the first month back I cried every day, mostly when I heard our road trip song,
which by the way they play nonstop on the radio leaving me vulnerable to my
rose colored memories every time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I think about it every day wishing I could do it all over
again, wishing I could do it forever. I try and be as realistic as possible
because I know it wasn't all cake and lollipops. It was not only a bit of hard
work though a more rewarding kind, I was also very homesick and depressed a lot
of the time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Somehow through all of that I still want more, in fact it
seems to be all I want. The reason for this is because no matter what, no
matter who you are everybody finds something that the grumbles and shit are
worth; for some people it is their house and their children, for some people
it's their toys and dirt bikes. For me it is travelling. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nothing gives me more gratification than seeing the world.
It gifts an understanding, compassion, and humbleness that is priceless and
comes from no other activity. Being in nature for me is like drinking water
after a 5k run. It's refreshing! <b>Travelling
is life running down your throat.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Something I found very interesting when I got home was the
actual idea of "home" and "life". I have always had a
skewed view on the idea of "life". I felt like because I was living
the mundane and monotonous life of the average conventional citizen that I was
not really living. I decided to not even call it "life" because if I
wasn't spending the bulk of my time living than that is not what it was. I
choose to refer to it as existing. (I am a prime subject for existential
crisis, I have them hard and often.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Since we have been back I refer to the road as "my
life". Out of the 23 years and 6 months that I have been alive I somehow
process that those 2 months are "my life" oppose to the other 23 years
and 4 months. It seems that aligns just perfectly with my skewed view on
"life". I consider those 2 months to be the most living I have done
my whole existence, therefore those 2 months are "my life" off there
in the Sierras waiting for me to come back and catch up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The idea of home, which I have never even thought about
before this has transformed into a whole other idea. "Home" to me is
no longer a place, it is a state of mind. While I was home sick for Florida,
when I got back to Florida I was homesick for the road. It astounds me how
perception can change so quickly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've come to the conclusion about it all that the biggest
problem was the cold. I am and always will be a Florida girl which means the
70s are cold to me. My body is acclimatized to that kind of weather, so when it
starts hitting 19 degrees I just can’t take it. The amount of clothing required
in claustrophobia inducing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">While I've been in very hot and humid weather, it has never
hurt me, besides the occasional sun burn. The cold hurts me and there is no
solution. When the sun is blaring on my shoulders I can rub a little sun block
on, but in the cold I found there was no amount of anything I could do to keep
warm. My lack of muscle could be to blame along with my home state. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Regardless, I would do it all over again and again and again
and change nothing because that trip gave me life. The mountain air as dense as
it may be nourished my soul. I have a motivation in me like never before to go
out and do! To experience the world and its wildernesses. To feed my soul with
what is good, pure, and natural and that is exactly what I am going to do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Therefore, I'm announcing if all goes as planned Finnley and
I will be making another journey to Colorado this summer for some camping and
hiking. While only for a week, it is all we can do right now and I am going to
make the most of every moment.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992569010223511748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3527877930671972468.post-45107519560069356162014-01-24T11:14:00.002-05:002014-01-24T11:14:11.039-05:00Bittersweet<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So we were finally heading home, but it was going to take a couple days. The road conditions throughout Texas had vastly improved and we were enjoying a pretty smooth ride. I must say, it wasn’t the most picturesque drive, but at the time I enjoyed being somewhere that was slightly similar to my home. During the beginning of the drive everything was still quite snow covered and it looked really pretty. The further east we went though, the less there was. Most of the drive was fairly uneventful. We stopped a couple places for gas or just a rest stop to take a break and use the bathroom, but nothing crazy. The most notable thing we saw was all the oil well cranks scattered across the landscape moving in succession. Gutting the earth of it’s blood, it’s vitals. I felt like I was in the Terminator. Machine after machine and no men. It was the eeriest sight I saw the whole trip. Made me weary of humanity. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was cold out throughout the whole drive, but we stayed nice and toasty in the car. We weren’t sure where we would be stopping, but I at least wanted to make it to Louisiana. It was dark before we made it there and at one point the weather got pretty nasty and Finnley was having a hard time seeing through the rain. We made it to Bossier City, Louisiana just around dinner time and once again found a cheap motel for the night. It was right next to an Outback Steakhouse so we went there for dinner after we checked in. I liked being in Louisiana, it kind of reminded me of Florida, so I felt comfortable there. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We planned on staying the night near Tallahassee, but got a little sketched when I read the crime rate data on the city. When we reached there we got some gas and Finnley and I felt a strange feeling we hadn’t felt in a long time, urban fear. It is something we were all too familiar with when we were in Florida, but we weren’t used to it and it brought back a lot of negative energy and old habits in us that we were very upset about. The mood went dry and more bitter than sweet. Where were my small towns nestled in a canyon or mountain, where the only concern is maybe a wild animal, but not even. We stopped at a Burger King for dinner before we headed to the outskirts of Tallahassee to stay the night. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The motel staff was nice, but the motel was pretty gross. We found a couple disconcerting things. Finnley even started to get all red while laying in the bed a one point, which of course freaked me out. It was a temperature outside that we were not used too. I felt like I was melting from the humidity. My! how a body adjusts so quickly and yet not quick enough sometimes. We both felt nasty and for once in a long time had to change into cooler clothes before bed. Which was actually something I had been looking forward too. I was so desperately sick of wearing a million layers of clothes. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the morning we woke up bright and earlier. Today was the day we were going home and I was going to see my Lola and my parents and Florida and wear shorts! I was really excited, but it all felt bittersweet. Finnley felt more upset that it was all over, but was excited to surprise his family. Basically we came home a couple weeks earlier and it was supposed to be a surprise for everyone, but of course my mama doesn’t allow for those things because well she tracks me, so my family knew, but Finnley’s didnt. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The drive back was nice and the weather was beautiful! The traffic wasn’t so bad either, so we hopped on the Turnpike and it was smooth as can be. Finnley and I were cracking up because Florida’s Smokey the Bear sign looks like a gangster bear. He has muscles and is pointing at you like he’s 50 cent or something. That’s why I love Florida, I missed that fire, that heat that radiates from the people. We really are in paradise. We stopped in a little spring town to go to the bank. I find it weird that rural Florida always freaks me out more than anywhere else, but It was really cute and I plan on going back there to camp one day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everything became increasingly beautiful. The sky was sooooo blue! Everything was so lush and green and bright and the sun felt amazing! I had never appreciated my home like this before. Even Finnley couldn’t deny the beauty. I was in heaven, I felt high. The closer we got to home the more my head was in the clouds and spinning with the mixed adrenaline of the eye pleasuring sights and the anticipation of seeing everyone. When we got off the turnpike it was all the familiar sights, but they looked GLOWING! Everything looked glowing and new. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Finnley and I were laughing so hard because we knew we sounded crazy, but our perception had changed. We still felt like tourists seeing everything for the first time. When we finally reached my neighborhood we were buzzing with excitement. I felt like my pupils were so dilated and had stars floating out of them. I almost felt like I was tripping. When we past the park Finnley and I both is a gasp yelled out in amazement how green the grass was! It was a neon glowing sea of blades! We were really high on life. We reached my house and of course my stalker mom is waiting for us outside and I’m overcome with emotion. I can barely speak. I’m in a turbulence of confusion and excitement. I was home. What a crazy concept. I never ever thought that home would feel so unfamiliar to me. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I hugged my family and ran inside to find my Lola and of course she was scared of me and to be honest I was a little scared of her too. I saw her face and it freaked me out and her out and she ran. I said hi to her, and she licked me. I knew she was scared and mad at me so it took her some time to get used to me again. She wanted love and I kept roughhousing her until I figured that out. It felt so strange to be home. I didn’t know what to do with myself. We just talked for a while until I had to take Finnley home to surprise his parents. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On the drive there we started getting that adrenaline feeling again. I felt like I was tripping so bad I was a little scared to drive. It was definitely distracting and disorienting. We both started to get really nervous. We knew something was up when we reached 441 and both thought, “It doesn’t look so bad!”. What the hell was wrong with us?? Everything was still glowing! We reached his parents house and snuck up on his dad who was outside. He was so surprised and happy and his mom heard me laughing and came out and she was too. Bittersweet. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As we parked our car in their parking lot the snow began to burst from the sky. It was coming in fast and full. We checked into the hotel and went to our room. We looked for somewhere to eat and relaxed. Thirty minutes later when we left for dinner the ground was already white. I was scared to drive, but it was about time we had sushi again so we went on.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The highway was ok at first, but up ahead it already looked like there were cop cars and car accidents. We got off at our exit and went searching for Young Sushi. We missed a turn and Finnley tried to catch it with a quick turn and my car started sliding across the road. Ahhhhhhh! Most stressful shit ever. I was freaking out, but luckily there weren’t any cars around so he was able to get control back without hitting anything. I was trying to explain to him how freaked out I was and he said something like calm down and so I had to scream at him “Easy for you to say; It’s not your vehicle!!” </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I must say as much as I love the landscape of the high altitude places and the places that get colder in the U.S. nothing gives me mental breakdowns like the cold and its subsequent conditions. Anyways we did end up making it to Young Sushi and it was very delicious, but the whole time I couldn’t shake the lingering terror of the drive back to the motel.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We determined that by the looks of the highway when we got off that we should take the back roads. We ended up passing a liquor store, so Finnley got some beer. I much preferred this route. It took us through an old section of Amarillo that was interesting because we ended up on the old Route 66, which we both always wanted to go on. I was in a rancid mood from the stress though so when I went to take a picture of the Route 66 sign and missed and it was blurry I about threw myself out the car with rage. To top it all off as we went to pull into the motel parking lot Finnley was going too fast and almost missed it, again sliding my car. We ended up having to go through the exit to get in.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I knew we were going to be stuck here another day and I just couldn’t bear the fact. I couldn’t bear being trapped and somewhere that wasn’t even that interesting to me. Nothing made me feel better. So when we reached the room I had to call the mama to take me outside myself. After that I felt a lot better and was able to compose myself and apologize to Finnley for be a meanie.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We have to go to the car. I had already given up at this point, but Finnley is determined. He goes to the car, retrieved his phone charger which he also needed, but no change. I tell him just forget it, but he is being dramatic and feels bad. Somewhere during all of this Finnley decided it would be a good idea to go on this little adventure without shoes… in the snow… in like 20 or below degree weather.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We finally muster up enough change and go and try again. Finnley’s hoping and jumping and squealing in pain from the cold. I’m laughing and telling him he deserves it. When we get there and try again our nickels and dimes keep falling out…apparently the damn thing actually only takes QUARTERS! So once again we head to the car, but we don’t have the keys for the car or... the hotel room! I asked Finnley more than once if he had them before we left and he swore he did. So much for that. Now he had to stand outside in the freezing snowy cold with no shoes on while I went and told the concierge my lovely story.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I get back with the keys and we go inside. Finnley told me we didn’t have any more quarters in the car and I’m thinking what the hell I just had a bunch of change where did it go? Finally I remember where all the change went and it was in the hotel room the whole time. Mother of god. We finally go get my soda after about 45 minutes worth of shenanigans, Finnley still shoeless and people saw him this time too. By the way the soda wasn’t delicious enough to be worth that. The rest of the night we just hung out and watched TV until we fell asleep.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the morning we woke up kind of late and almost missed the complimentary breakfast. Before we got there we went outside and I saw my car and OMG! It had at least 5 inches of snow on the top of it and the bottom was lined with dirty frozen slush. I had never seen anything like it. I freaked out and went around kicking the slush off the bottom as Finnley was yelling at me. I finally pulled myself away and we made it there right before they put it all away and Finnley had a biscuit and gravy and I made myself a Texas shaped waffle LOL only Texas. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some of the other motel occupants were still there all discussing if they were going to risk the road conditions. Some did, but we booked another night. We returned to the room and basically lounged around and watched TV. I did a catch up on my blogging and we got stuck watching the show where they take unruly teens to jail to scare them for a couple hours.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We got back to the motel right on time to watch the premiere of Freaks of Nature on the weather channel. It was amazing. We went to bed that night with plans of leaving the next morning. We had a long way to go. We woke up the next morning, had our breakfast and were on the road once again. At check out the man concierge told me that some of the people who left the previous day actually ended up turning around and coming back. After that I was glad we made the decision to stay. The roads were looking pretty good now and I was excited to almost be home. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Monument Valley is basically a road that goes through a desert valley that has random red rock structures in all different extravagant shapes lining the highway. It was really interesting seeing these monuments. It almost looked like someone just stuck them all over in a random succession. I can’t even imagine what the earth did to make them. The closest thing I could think of would be a river, but they are so spread out it’s hard to see it that way. Anyway the pictures say it all. When we were entering the first Utah town we were greeted by a beautiful pink desert sunset.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It turned night and we were stuck driving in some stressful deer infested territory and missing out on some scenic points through Bryce Canyon which we were pretty upset about. We got to Moab around 7 and checked into our motel. Once again the irony remains true because this was one of the cheapest motels and yet one of the nicest. It wasn’t large, but it was cozy and clean and perfect for just passing through. We decided to go out to eat and ended up at this cool looking BBQ place that was glowing blue on the outside. I suppose that was its appeal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I believe it was called The Blue Pig. I was in the mood for ribs, but their ribs were too expensive so I settled for some hot wings and I think Finnley got a pulled pork sandwich. The wings looked funny; they were all dark and the sauce was thick. However, when I tasted them they were awesome. It wasn’t your average hot wing sauce, but it was really good. It was spicy and tangy which it always a good combo for me. Finnley too enjoyed his sandwich.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After dinner we headed back to the motel and relaxed. We looked up the guy we met at the Grand Canyon; Karl Bushby and found the Youtube video of him crossing the Bering Strait and watched that for a while. It was amazing. After we watched Hall Pass lol and fell asleep.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the morning I rushed to find a place to stay at in Colorado. The original plan was to stay near Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes Park or even Denver, but somehow we ended up going to Aspen. Due to the season we were there we were going to miss out on a lot of the attractions in Rocky Mountain National Park anyway so that was a concern. Aspen was going to be a much shorter drive and we found a fairly cheap hotel, but most of all the deciding factor for Finnley at least was that the tallest mountain in Colorado was near there.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We were supposed to go to Arches that day too, but also skipped that because of the late start. It would have been nice to check out Moab because Zion Katie told us she really liked it there and we also got good vibes from it, but unfortunately I’m the keep it moving type and that’s exactly what we did. Down the road past Arches right before we got on the highway that we were taking to Aspen was this gigondous mountain to the east of us. It was snowcapped and below it the most deep blue rock. It almost looked like the deep blue of the ocean. I swear it must have been part of the Rockies. I thought it was Colorado, but I’m not sure.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We both enjoyed Aspen so much that instead of the one night we planned we decided to stay two. I was pleasantly surprised how nice the people were. I was expecting stuck up richos everywhere, but that wasn’t the case. Possibly because it was off season :-P. Unfortunately though because of that, there really isn’t all the much to do. We were only a few blocks from the main shopping center, but that was the problem. So much cool stuff to buy and no money to buy it with. They even had a Free People for gods sake. What a tease! </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Most of our time spent there we walked around and around enjoying the new winter scene. We had lunch/dinner at a little bar place underground that was suggested to us by some random business man. We ordered a prosciutto pizza and finished it off. After, we went back to the room and watched some TV. They had the best channel ever there. It was called the Outdoor Channel and had everything about hiking and all kind of cool outdoor sports. Suffice to say we were hooked on that for a couple hours. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was starting to feel even more winter wonderland like the more the snow fell, but after morning it pretty much stopped. We went back to the hotel and got hooked on TV and being lazy again. Until it reached lunch time and we then decided to go to the meatball place. I had some buffalo chicken meatballs and Finnley had a meatball sub. They both were really good, but those things gave me the worst indigestion and the worst taste to follow. Every time I burped it up I wanted to throw up. We went back to the hotel and again submitted to the TV. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That night Finnley got to Skype with his brother for a while and I watched TV and ate ice cream. The next morning it was time to depart. The weather was a slight concern because it had been snowing all around Colorado and we were worried about ice on the roads, but we checked the weather and road conditions and everything looked ok. We had our breakfast and said a sad good bye to Aspen. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">From Aspen we were heading to Denver to meet up with Finnley’s high school friend. We had to drive through some pretty scary conditions, but luckily little to no ice on the road. We got to drive pass Vail on opening ski day and we saw all the skiers coming down the hills which was pretty cool. We really wanted to ski too, but it was way too expensive. At one point we were driving on a 12,000ft above sea level road which was new and very cool for us even though the high elevation was driving me nuts at that point. We also went through another, longer creepy mountain tunnel.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">We left Zion in the late morning and headed out of the park, unfortunately we didn’t realize at the time that the GPS was taking us on a crazy route. I was already a little suspicious though because a couple days before in Zion we saw a sign that said Grand Canyon going the opposite way. It was when it had us turn down this back country side road that I started getting weirded out. It then preceded to take us on a very vertical dirt road. That is when I protested because there was no way in hell my car would have made it up that road. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I made Finnley turn around and we headed back toward the park. I realized it was doing that because we had toll roads off and it considered the park road a toll road even though we were already inside of it. Anyhow nice detour and view of some BLM land, but we got on our way in the right direction. We were heading to Page, Arizona because we didn’t feel like driving very far and one of the guys we met in New York suggested it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">There are a couple amazing things to see in Page, Arizona: Glen Canyon and it’s dam, Antelope Canyon, and Horseshoe Bend. Unfortunately we only got to see Glen Canyon, but it was really beautiful. I thought I saw Horseshoe Bend from afar when we drove by, but I’m not sure. We stopped at a scenic view point on the drive in that had a nice view of Glen Canyon and the river. It was so windy up there it was pushing us around. Finnley even used his jacket to make him stand diagonally on a rock. It was funny so he made me tape him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">It is a shame we didn’t get to see Antelope Canyon because it looks freaking amazing. I think it is one of the most photographed places. It’s a slot canyon that has the most lovely formations and colored rock layers. Unfortunately you have to pay a Navajo guide to take you through which is like $20 a person and while it would have been way worth it we were lacking funds and time to go see it. Page was only going to be a one night stop for us before we headed to the Grand Canyon, but Antelope Canyon is definitely on my list of places I must see in the future. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I booked a cheap motel in Page and we settled in and got showers before heading out to eat. We found this little Chinese/American restaurant and ate there. They had very good homemade ranch dressing. Afterwards we went to the Safeway in town and I got some ice cream and soda. That night we stayed up and watched a bunch of funny movies. Comedy Central must have been having an Eddie Murphy marathon because they were all his old movies except Happy Gilmore which was the last one they played. I forgot how funny Eddie Murphy used to be. I was cracking up all night at Life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The next morning we had our complementary breakfast and packed our things. We got an early start for the Grand Canyon because we needed to get supplies from the local Walmart before we went camping. We also picked up wood from the gas station Maverick. Judging from all the wood we have been buying they have the cheapest wood around if your just buying by the bundle: $4/bundle, that’s cheaper than Walmart. However I only saw that brand of gas station in Utah and Arizona. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The drive was pretty cool. It mostly consisted off Navajo desert land. It was cool because there were these little huts that the Navajo sell their jewelry and other crafts in all along the roads to the Grand Canyon. I wanted to stop at them, but it never looked like they were there. Something strange we noticed about some buildings around there are these giants black and white paintings/graffitis/pictures of babies and baby faces. I’m sure it had to mean something because we saw them in places hours from each other, but we were like “huh?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">We arrived at the East Entrance of the Grand Canyon around 1pm and stopped at the first scenic view point. It was an amazing sight to see and was a lot bigger than I thought. Of course the first thing that happens when we get there is a girl drops her valuable item, I have no idea what is was, onto a ledge over the fence line. The poor thing was trying to reach her arm through and grab it as hard as possible, but to no avail. So I’m thinking Finnley better not go playing superman over here because I know he tends to feel compelled to do so. However I started looking at it more and it was literally right there and the drop wasn’t that far below it and there was a sturdy fence to hold on to. So at this point I’m thinking about getting it for her, when Mr. Superman jumped over and got it as she squealed in terror. Luckily nothing bad happened, but I wouldn’t recommend anyone do that</span>…<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">ever.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">At this view point there was also a tower that was built in the 1930s that you could climb up. It was cool because it was Native American themed and had a store at the bottom. The view from it was also really neat. When we climbed down we looked around the gift shop and then hurried over to the campground to set up. It was all the way on the South end of the park so we had a bit of a drive, but it was cool getting to see all the view points along the way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">When we got back to camp it was almost dark and the temperatures were dropping fast. While Finnley was making dinner I was freezing my butt off so I decided to start the fire myself. This was my first time making a fire lol. I did good at first until later in the night I over poked it and made it go out. It was funny because I always call Finnley the fiddler because he never stops poking and fiddling with the fire, but he never made any fires go out! So I guess I’m a fiddler too. We relaxed by the fire for a while and then got ready for bed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The weather that night called for some unfortunately low temperatures so we really geared up this time. I had my 0 degree sleeping bag, foot heaters, body heaters, a fleece blanket, gloves, wool socks, long johns, fleece shirt and pants, a nylon sweater, a down jacket, and a hat. I have never felt so miserable and claustrophobic in my life. I even had a mini meltdown/ freakout panic attack because I felt like I couldn’t breathe. I thought I was getting carbon monoxide poisoning from the heater so I had to get out of my bag and crawl outside to get some fresh air. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">And I was still cold! We found out the next day that it got to 19 degrees. That shit is not okay. I seriously don’t understand how people live in those conditions. I practically strangle myself with so much clothes and I’m still cold. I always thought that I liked the cold, well that thought has dissipated and is no more. Once it goes past 40s I’m out of there. While I’m having a bitchfest I should also mention the high altitude issue I have. (Disclaimer: I am a Floridian, born and raised) We barely have hills. I didn’t realize how substantially less the oxygen supply is in high altitudes. So not only is it colder, you can’t breath as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Moving on... so basically I had a sucky night, but got up optimistic for the sun was out and the ravens crowing. Now when I actually woke up from sleeping it wasn’t that way. The whole tent was frozen, my car was frozen, I was frozen. Not so cute. It took me at least an hour to muster up the strength to move. After breakfast Finnley and I tried to decide what to do for the day. Finnley was dead set on doing a hike down into the canyon. I obviously didn’t want to. I was terrified and feeling my usual lazy. By the time we were done bickering about it, it was already getting late so we just decided to drive around and see what we run into. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We drove along the main road we came in on and stopped at some scenic view points to take pictures. At one we decided to hang out there for a while and eat a tuna snack. When we were about done and snacking on some Pringles, a curious little raven came over. We were sitting in the car and had the windows down a little. The raven flew to the rock ledge in front of us and started crowing and staring at us. He was so cute. Then he flew in front of us on the ground and started crowing. We were done eating so we tried to leave, but every time we backed up the raven would follow us and fly in front of the car. He wanted food, he was such a little smart guy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The Grand Canyon is truly the most beautiful and terrifying place I’ve ever been in my life, nothing compares. Nothing in my life has ever paralyzed my whole body except my arms that just had to keep taking pictures. I couldn’t process it then and I still can’t. Needless to say I made us turn around after about a half mile. Finnley wasn’t very happy about that, but hey at least we got to do a little. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">After that I was ready to go back to camp and have some lunch. As Finnley made it I called my cousin and talked to her for a little. When we were done eating, I was still on the phone, Finnley and I were hopping around the rocks around our camp site. Finnley looked up and saw this crazy rainbow. It was backwards and only a little rectangle of it shown in the sky. It was really cool looking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I never mentioned it on here before because I didn’t want to glorify my illogical supernatural beliefs, but throughout this trip the rainbow has been an iconic symbol for me. It has been the symbol that has kept me moving and assured me that everything was going to be okay. So every time one shown in the sky and reflected back into my eyes I knew I was doing the right thing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The Grand Canyon was a tough place for me. It was cold, so freaking cold. I was unbelievably uncomfortable, afraid of every turn, so over the whole trip. I missed my parents, my Lola, my personal space, and all the comforts of conventional living even the meaningless ones! and even though the rainbow helped we still only ended up staying two nights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The rest of the day was fairly calm. We mostly relaxed and then made a fire for evening. This time I left the fire duty to Finnley. We went to bed at our normal early and I once again had an anger/panic/freak out over getting ready for bed and feeling claustrophobic and still ended up freezing my butt off all night. The next morning it was time to hit the road again. Finnley made breakfast and at one point a raven came and tried to steal our whole bag of bread lol. Love those critters. Then we packed everything up and headed to the last place I was interested in, Colorado, but first a stop in Moab, Utah!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Usually nothing exciting happens on the way out of a place, except at the Grand Canyon of course. So basically we were leaving the way we came in and stopping at a couple more view points to check out the scenery. We ended up stopping at the same gift shops we went to before on the way in. I got Finnley an amazing “just hike” shirt and myself a cool ring. The guy who worked at the gift shop was just like Chris Farley; it was so cute. He started telling us all these cool facts about the park. It turned out the trail we climbed down the previous day was the trail they used to take the donkeys down! WTF! no. Anyway he also told us there was a resort down in the canyon and he used to work and live there and you have to hike down to get there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We also had a convo about all the people who died there. He said people would do the Thelma and Louise thing and try and drive off the cliff. Also the suicides and people who have just fallen 10 ft and still die. Scary place. Anyhow we ended up going to the snack bar next door to the gift shop (mind you we have already spent an hour doing this). I got a corn dog and Finnley got a taco salad. Something I haven’t mentioned was all around the park we had been seeing this older guy probably in his 40s walking around with this cart on two wheels. When you see someone like that you know that have to have a good story. So we were already really curious. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Said guy comes walking into the place to get a sandwich and leaves his cart outside. Finnley, the little social butterfly he is, asked him about himself. This beast by the name of Karl Bushby goes on to tell us how he has walked from the tip of South America to Alaska and crossed the Bering Strait! One of only two men to ever do so in history! Got into Russia, got kicked out and now is walking to Washington DC to the Russian Embassy to bring them a letter so he can do it all over again and reach home by using no transport, but the ones god has blessed him with (his legs) to England!!! He has been doing this for 10 years </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">and now National Geographic is following him. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I had to ask him if there was a particular reason why (people don’t usually like this question, but I asked anyway) and he just said it was like one of those bets you and your friends make at a bar when they say you can’t do something. Fair enough. We talked with him a little longer before we headed off. I was really happy we got to meet him. I have heard of quite a few people who have done those type of things, but never got to meet one in person. If your interested you can check him out at <a href="http://www.bushby3000.com/"><span style="color: #021eaa; letter-spacing: 0px;">www.bushby3000.com</span></a> or just type in his name in Youtube and you can see the video of him cross the Bering Strait. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992569010223511748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3527877930671972468.post-30694813938417049522013-11-30T15:02:00.000-05:002013-12-01T14:55:57.579-05:00Zion National Park<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As we crossed into the top corner of Arizona the landscape started to change. Red rock, canyons, and rock formations lined the highway with dense clouds atop them. The car was filled with “ooos” and “ahhhs” and the scrambling of cell phones to get pictures. When we got into Utah minutes later that only increased. While canyons can seem somewhat like mountains, they definitely have a different feel. You can see all the history in them and earth in each different colored layer and you feel taken back into those times, like a dinosaur can pop out of a corner around the bend any moment.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Before we reached the park we stopped at a Walmart to re-up on food and supplies. Buying firewood outside the parks is always a better option, indeed buying anything outside the park is a better option because it is substantially cheaper. We got into the park in the late afternoon, got our camp site, and started setting up. We got there before dark luckily this time so it went smoothly besides the stakes which are always a pain in the rear. This was the place we and by we I mean Finnley, finished off the stakes that the tent came with and had to buy new ones. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We got the tent up right before sunset and I took some pretty pictures of the view around us. This campground wasn’t very rugged. We were close to everyone and there were a lot of people there. Regardless the views were undeniable. We took it easy that night just prepared dinner and hung out by the fire. I enjoyed camping there. It was cold, but it never got unbearably cold especially next to the fire. Once again we went to bed freakishly early that night. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The next morning we were ready for a hike. After we woke up and did the usual routine: I lay in bed with the heater on while Finnley being the big strong man he is, gets up and makes me hot cocoa and himself coffee and brings it to me. Then he makes us breakfast and I finally muster up all the warmth I have and get up and we eat together. After that we got ourselves ready and went driving around the park. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I originally wanted to do the Emerald Pools hike and the Weeping Rock hike, but we turned down the wrong street and ended up on the road with the tunnel. It was long tunnel going through the canyon which I’m never a fan of, but got used to. We drove all the way almost to the East entrance/exit of the park before stopping at a random trail. At that point we were looking for this Canyon view point trail, but hadn’t seen any sign of it. So we walked out onto this trail to see the name and it turned out to be another trail. As we were trying to figure this all out another car pulled up to the trail parking area. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Finnley thought he should ask the girl in the car to see if she knew where it was. It turned out she did and it also turned out that we made a very cool friend out of that one question. Her name was Katie and she was from Washington and was doing the same thing we were except with her doggie Scrappy and she was mostly traveling the West. We ended up standing there and talking to her for a while and telling some funny stories. It turned out she was staying in the same campground. We all got along so great we invited her back to our camp site that night for a fire. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Katie directed us back the other way to the Canyon Overlook trail and she went on to do the trail we were parked at originally. Finnley and I got to Canyon Overlook minutes later and prepared ourselves for the easy hike. It was a little steep and narrow at times, but nothing we weren’t familiar with. I was wearing a lot of gear because I was cold, but quickly got hot from hiking in the sun and had to take some of it off. I always say what a bitch it is trying to figure out what to wear in these conditions. I swear I never get it right, I always dress too cold or too hot. I think it is one of those eternal hiking problems. Regardless it was still a nice hike and when we got to the end, there was a vast and beautiful view of all the canyons. We crawled on some rocks and relaxed up there for a while before we headed back to the car.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Finnley and I looked around and I saw that the big blue stones I was most attracted to were just glass... lol. After looking around the selection outside we decided to check out the inside of the store. There were a bunch more refined looking stones and jewelry in there. I was particularly attracted to these silver opal rings, but they were more expensive than I wanted to pay and yet I bought one anyway. I couldn’t help it, it was so beautiful and I’m pretty sure opal was my Mum Mum’s favorite stone. I was too afraid to wear her rings on the trip because if I lost them I would just die so this way I could still wear a ring that reminded me of her. I also bought this cool rock that has tree designs on it that are supposedly natural due to the minerals where the rocks lie. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our last stop was a canyoneering gear store. Once again we were looking for stakes and this time we lucked out and found some for a great price. We bought 13 because that was all they had and figured that would do. We also ended up talking to one of the workers there who was telling us about canyoneering. She said it’s really fun and she does it herself. Finnley was very interested, but it is an expensive hobby. So doing that was a no go, I rather rock climb anyway. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One thing I noticed from talking and interacting with the people around Zion and at the campground (excluding Katie obviously) was they were kind of like the people in Portland except outdoorsy. So while I loved the scenery there I was kind of turned off by the snooty people. It almost seemed like a battle for who’s the best outdoors person of all time. Who has the best gear? Who’s doing the coolest hikes? I would get exhausted trying to keep up if I lived there.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When we got back to camp we got a fire going and relaxed. Katie came by with Scrappy a little after dark. We all sat around the fire and talked and Finnley made us all dinner. It was really fun having another person to hang out with because we were so used to only having each other. It was nice to mix it up. It helped too that she was such a cool girl. We both seemed to have a lot in common with her and just enjoyed the conversations. At one point during the night we hear a guy yelling “It’s happening!” over and over at the campsite behind us. We all started cracking up and yelling back at them. There were 2 guys and 1 girl in the commotion. The girl started running towards us and the guys chased her. One of the guys which we assumed was her boyfriend because we heard something like that through all the chaos, tackled her to the ground.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Both guys were standing over her and she was down for a while. We were kind of worried, but then we heard her mumble something and they tried to pick her up. Unfortunately failing to do so they dropped her and all fell down with her. This went on repeatedly for the next hour or so. We were like “What the hell are they on?” at first we thought they were just drunk, but I came to the conclusion they must have been tripping on something. So that was our entertainment for the night. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After staying up a lot later than the usual we said goodnight to Katie and planned on doing a hike with her the next day. That night she told us she wanted to surprise her sister for Thanksgiving by showing up at her house that day out of the blue. That must of put a bug in Finnley’s head because that night as we lay in the tent he asked me about it. Now I think he was having just a nostalgic alcohol induced moment. I don’t think he really wanted to go home for Thanksgiving, but that turned into a mistake for him because it put the bug in my head. I wanted to be home for Thanksgiving. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">During the middle of the night I woke up as I usually do. I heard strange noises all around the tent that sounded like walking and chewing. I didn’t know what it was until Finnley must of heard </span></span>that<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> I was awake and asked me if I could hear the deer chewing. It was those crazy awkward deer grazing around the tent. I don’t even know what they were eating because the tent was on a bunch of gravel. Finnley said they were eating the dead leaves, but I don’t know about that. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The next night they came back and were doing the same thing, but this time one of these awkward guys tripped over the guy lines and made a giant boingioingioing sound and woke us up. We were scared that one was going to trip and freak out and kick the tent or fall and his antlers go through the tent. The whole place was crawling with deer. Even just sitting outside on our chairs or driving by you could see them and they clearly were not afraid of people. At some points we were literally 3 feet from them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The next morning we were feeling mighty lazy so we went into town for breakfast. When we got back we hung out for a little at camp before getting a late start. I know I was feeling lazy as I often do. We were also having trouble picking what trail we wanted to do. When we finally decided on the Weeping Rock trail because it was super short, we left. It was hot outside at camp so I actually got to wear shorts, but that was a mistake. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On our way out we saw Katie doing her dishes so we called her over and we scheduled when we were going to do the hike with her. We went off to do the quick hike and planned to be back at camp in an hour and half to meet up with her. When we got to Weeping Rock we started climbing and mind you this trail is only supposed to be like a half mile round trip, so were walking and it’s pretty steep. I was feeling like we walked more than a mile so Finnley asked someone and they said we passed Weeping Rock and we were on a different trail. So we had to turn around and go down and I’m bitching because I’m lazy and my legs feel like ice cubes. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Arriving at the trailhead, It definitely didn’t look like some of the main trials the park suggests for everyone, but it didn’t look that bad either. We climbed down into the canyon, hopping from rock to rock. It was actually really fun. We got to boulder a little and everything. I was really enjoying myself though ever cautious. When we reached the slot canyon we were all so excited. It was amazing and beautiful and such a different kind of environment than I ever experienced. The closest thing I could think of is a cave, but less claustrophobic. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When we reached the end we hiked back which was just as fun. Katie had to make her way to her next destination, but decided to go back to camp and have lunch with us first. We ate some hot dogs and hung out for a while until she had to go. We exchanged information and told each other to keep in touch and then she was off to her next adventure. After she left we went into town once again because I couldn’t stop OCD dreaming about this tie dye long sleeve shirt from the Lazy Lizard store. I forced Finnley to go and I got my shirt.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That night Finnley and I did the usual: hung out by the fire, talked, and ate food before going to bed freakishly early. The next morning we woke up and packed all of our things which is usually about a 2 hour feat and we too were off to our next adventure. We were finally going to make it to the Grand Canyon, but first a quick stop in Page, Arizona. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So we didn’t have the best night and ended up going to bed super early. However our neighbors who looked Asian and yet spoke some African sounding language decided to talk at the top of their lungs for hours, not a moment, not a second, without their mouths running. Seriously there was no pause, no time for a breath with these people. I swear the main speaker must have been telling one amazing freaking story. Mind you not only did we go to bed to that, we woke up to it as well at 5am. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You could probably guess I wasn’t very happy with this place. It seemed like we weren’t having very good luck there and as all people with good instincts know; it is better to get out while your ahead. We decided to just stay that one night, spend a little while at the sand dunes, and my secret weapon to get Finnley to agree with me: head to Vegas. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Taking the advice of a random dune hiker, Finnley decided he should hike them barefoot; (disclaimer: this man also advised he bring backup flip flops). As Finnley always does he needed to hike all the way to the tallest dune because of course. I however am more of a different kind of experiencer, I don’t have to be the best or the tallest or the highest to enjoy something. I’m more like "let’s climb a couple and sit on top of one and ponder at the fact that I’m here". Finnley takes himself to the extreme, he is your standard adrenaline junkie. His fun level is dependent on his heart racing and the thought “hey that could have been really dangerous and hurt me”. As you could imagine our opposing philosophies create the perfect potion for controversy when evaluating any decision on what we should do.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I usually try and be open minded (however not shy of whining and bitching and moaning the whole way) about these things so I at least have the experience and a good story to tell. So I went along with his plan to climb to the highest dune. At first it was really fun. It was weird because just standing there you don’t realize how tall these things are and how hard they actually are to climb. Basically about half way there I had enough. Finnley as he often does however pushed and pushed me. One thing I couldn’t complain about though was the view. It was really beautiful out there. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Finnley also decided that he needed to roll down the sand dune, it was awesome. I video recorded as he went barreling down in what I imagine to be a dizzying madness and came to a sand splashed stop. It looked really fun, but I didn’t take that bait. He also decided he should run down a sand dune. That one was really funny looking and this was no small sand dune; it was one of the biggest ones. You could just see him start off strong and steady and then get faster and faster until he lost control and fell to his knees. It was so amazing and hilarious. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When we had the last two largest dunes ahead of us I decided I was so ridiculously done with this hike and just sat on that dune as Finnley ventured off to the two tallest. I took some pictures of him out there; he looked tiny, he was so far away. Something weird we noticed about the dunes was even though he was so far away, we didn’t have to yell to speak to each other. Somehow we were able to talk at a normal level. Walking back Finnley’s feet were bright red. The sand had ground his feet raw. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was cool we could see the Paris hotel from our room window and the Belaggio fountain show too. We lapped the mall a few more times before it was time to gamble. I had a couple ones on me so we decided that is all we would use and we would just play on the penny machines. I was down a dollar, and Finnley had breezed through two when I looked over and his machines numbers were moving fast. I asked him what happened and he said he won. We ended up winning like 23 bucks. Not to shabby for a penny machine. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We went to bed around midnight when we were finally tired of all the walking for no reward because we couldn’t buy anything. We woke up fairly early and got some breakfast for $3.95 at a Mexican restaurant inside the mall. I also got my favorite hot chocolate from the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf that was more expensive than the breakfast.. lol. I made Finnley walk around the mall with me one more time, determined to buy something, but unfortunately never found a thing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The plan was to head to the Grand Canyon from there, but the plan quickly changed when we realized how long of a drive it was. We decided to go to Zion National Park first because it was about half as far. Around 11:00am we checked out and headed to Utah.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On to the next...</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992569010223511748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3527877930671972468.post-67035742726786759542013-11-25T00:47:00.000-05:002013-12-03T19:04:09.793-05:00California Dreaming : Part Two - Sequoia National Park<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The point of going to Sequoia National Park was to see the biggest tree in the world - in the world! The drive from Humboldt was going to be a long one and I actually started the drive for once. It was a calm drive in the beginning probably because we drove part of it the last time we were there. We got to go through parts of the Valley of Giants this time which was nice. It was sunny out for once so it was cool seeing the Redwoods in this kind of weather, much more pleasing to the eyes. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was funny we also ended up going to the same rest stop as we did the last time without knowing and getting subs from the subway there again. We thought about stopping by one of the vineyards along the way, but all the lodging was too expensive and it wasn’t long enough of a drive anyway. The last hours of the drive sucked major though because we got stuck in San Francisco traffic and boy what a nightmare. We must have been stuck for at least 2 hours. We ended up stopping in a town right outside of Yosemite for the night to take a much needed shower and a good nights rest before it was time to camp again. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The next day we headed to Sequoia. It was a longer drive than expected because the campground we were going to was on the complete opposite side than the entrance we came in through. Right when we got there we were stopped by a ranger who explained that they were having a propane leak and we couldn’t go into the park yet. It took about 15 to 30 minutes and we were let in. However, to my great anger they did not provide a map as they usually do upon entrance into National Parks. So we literally drove blind through the park for an hour and a half looking for this campground because of this without the faculty of GPS nor phones. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When we finally arrived at the campground which was right after some of the scariest mountain roads we have driven on you could imagine the mood I was in. All I wanted was to call my mom and I couldn’t even do that because cell service was nonexistent. I had to use the pay phone which stole my money twice before I finally got through and was only able to leave a message because my mom didn’t pick up. I tried getting over it while we set the tent up. Luckily setup was easy and I was able to talk to my mom soon after. As it turned night we made some dinner and relaxed by the fire before bed. In California we were 3 hours behind normal so we were always going to bed freakishly early. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The next morning we woke up early and headed towards General Sherman. There is a short stair trail into the forest to get there. Finnley and I wandered around like little forest gnomes for a while and basked in the quiet aloneness because we were the only ones there at the time. These trees were ginormous, but even in person you only realize how ginormous when you see a person stand next to one. It was so amazing being next to something so magical and unique in nature. We took a bunch of pictures and enjoyed our stroll through the giants. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After we went to check out their candy store. There I found a necklace to hang my pendent on and a pretty rearview mirror decoration. Finnley also found one of his favorite things there: cinnamon toothpicks. I was going to go to the ice cream store, but I figured I had spent enough money for a day. We went back to camp, got a nice fire going, and headed off to bed freakishly early again. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our last day there we started off kind of late and lazy. We relaxed for a while after breakfast before we headed off to Hospital Rock for a short hike. Right next to Hospital Rock is a little trail that heads towards a cave and small waterfall. Finnley of course had to crawl right into that cave. I was scared to, but eventually mustered up the courage and crawled in with him. We also went to a different trail along the river and sat on a rock. When we were done on that side we walked over to Hospital Rock and climbed on top. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was a long drive because Portland is in North Oregon and Trinidad is about an hour into Cali. It was a pretty uneventful drive until we got into California. There was some nice mountain roads in the beginning and then some big redwoods through the way. We also got to see the sunset on the ocean which was so pretty it gave me the hope and appreciation of what I am doing that I needed to go on after the previous night. Since we got there late we had to set up at night which Finnley hates. Setup went fairly easy though and it was just nice being somewhere we were already familiar with. We also no longer had to worry about bears and whatnot because this campground was the most civilized we had been to. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Even though it was civilized the site was surrounded by redwoods and other foliage and was very pretty. It was cool because the last time we were there the weather was horrible, rainy and cold, but this time it was beautiful, fairly warm, and clear skies. We woke up and meant business, we had finally hit 6000 miles and it was time for an oil change. We got a recommendation from Finnley’s gas station friend and headed to Eureka, a bigger town about 30 minutes away. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We went to a dealership and got it changed for a good price. It took about an hour so we just waited in the waiting room. Finnley ODed on the coffee there while I went on my computer. After we went to a nearby Target to stock up on food for camping and I also got a folder to organize all our papers from the trip. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When we got back to camp we made some lunch and relaxed. The night before we also got some neighbors. They came in with dirt bikes and all kinds of toys. After lunch Finnley went over and talked to them. When he came back he told me they were pot farmers from Colorado and were real friendly. They told him they were going to ride their bikes at the sand dunes the next day. I knew they had to be ok because they ride dirt bikes and that’s what my daddy taught me. It brings peace of earf. Suffice to say I was relieved to know they were cool. The rest of the night we just relaxed and sat by the fire. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The next day we went back to the beach we went to last time we were there, Humboldt Lagoon Beach. We walked around and collected pretty stones. It was just as cool as I remember it. I never seem to get used to those waves. The Pacific Ocean’s power is always and endlessly awe-inspiring. I swear I could just stand there and zone out forever. If I were the meditating kind, this would be the place for it. I have always kind of taken for granted the ocean by my home, but never again. It felt so good just to be near the coast again. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As we drove through Astoria looking for the house we started to really vibe with it. I felt slightly attached to the place and thought it would be better to spend the night there than to head to Portland during night. We finally found the house and parked. We walked to go check it out and take pictures. It was just such a cool city. We both felt very comfortable there, it kind of reminded me of Key West/ Bar Harbor. I just got the best vibes from it. You could even hear the seals from the top of the hill. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The next morning I was awoken by my phone at 6:00am by my mom, which by the way is never a good sign. She proceeded to tell me that “today is a very sad day” words that one never wants to hear. I knew it was one of my animals, however I thought it was my beyond old dog. Unfortunately it turned out to be my big fatty fat bunny passed away that morning. I had a good cry and yes that whole day turned out to be a very sad day because of this. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I booked us a hotel while we were on the way there. It was called Mcmenimans Kennedy School and was an old school house from the 1800s. By the looks of it and the name of it and the idea of it I had the strong instinctual feeling that this place was haunted. However I was drawn to it for some evil and unknown reason. Basically what the company Mcmenimans does it take old and historic buildings and turn them into pubs or hotels. The idea is totally cool and the place itself was super cool, but to sleep in, if you are faint of heart or believe in any supernatural anything and are fearful of it, this is not the place to stay at. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When we arrived in Portland it looked like your standard grey and muggy big city, but as we drove in deeper I started to see the creative character that this city is so distinctly known for. Keep Portland Weird. However from what I observed, to Portland weird means to be like every other too cool for school hipsters of everywhere. Keep in mind we only spent the night so it isn’t the most educated opinion, but from first sight that is what I saw. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The best part about Portland was this super amazing and cheap sushi restaurant we went to. We got four rolls for less than 20 bucks! It was so delicious. After we ate we went to go find something to see. We settled on Washington Park. Unfortunately the weather was cold and wet again! We walked around for a minute until we decided it wasn’t that fun. We drove around the rest, but wasn’t excited about anything. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We went back to the hotel and looked around a bit. The architecture and design was awesome, but there was just such a creepy vibe about the whole place and no T.V.!!! WTF. I know it’s not crazy important for most people, but for me staying in a haunted hotel at least have the decency to provide me with a T.V. to distract myself! Instead I took a shower which was creepy as well. At night Finnley and I got so bored we had to venture off to Target to get some perspective back on life. Plus, I was having a major panic attack about having to sleep there so naturally a little slice of home: Target, soothes me. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When we got back to the hotel we had to watch a movie on my computer due to the aforementioned issue. It was like 8 and we were so bored we started falling asleep. I got surprisingly comfortable and nodded off. However when I woke up minutes later I was tormented by the overwhelming feeling of despair and helplessness. Dramatic I know, but I don’t know what came over me. All I know is I couldn’t stop crying. Finnley tried to calm me, but was too tired for the patience that was necessary for such panic. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I eventually calmed down and was able to fall asleep, but boy when I woke up I was pissed. We had planned to head to camp on some beach along the Oregon coast, but decided after the Portland disaster that we should just head somewhere we know we love. California dreaming!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">On Halloween we arrived in Washington and slept in the car. During the beginning of the drive there we hit some snow in Montana and had a couple miles of scary mountain driving. The rest was fairly uneventful except for the regular majestic mountain views that we scamper to take quick pictures of. We went to a Burger King in Butte, Montana and sat down to eat. It was still covered in snow from the previous weeks winter storm and looked pretty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">It was night when we reached the overnight rest stop in Washington. There were many truckers there and also a few people sleeping in their cars. It seemed safe enough and supposedly it was one that was secured by police during the night. We tried to make ourselves as comfortable as possible. I was fine beside the occasional bother of having to use the bathroom, but Finnley was having trouble. He’s a little too big for sleeping in the drivers seat of a Hyundai Elantra. We both woke up multiple times throughout the night which I’m used to anyway. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We got on the road before sun up after using the facilities and getting a coffee for Finnley from some nice American Legion members who were at the rest stop. Later that morning we stopped at a scenic view point that turned out to be part of Gingko Petrified Forest State Park and took a stroll through. I was taking pictures across the trail while Finnley went down to view the waterway. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I stumbled upon a little desert bunny. I tried to get as close as possible to get a good picture of him. He ended up hopping away after I got a few so I started walking away. A couple minutes and steps later I turned around and there was the little bunny. He was following me and was my little friend. I took a couple more pictures and went to find Finnley. I took pictures of the forest that looked more like a desert while Finnley walked back to the car. When I was done I walked back as well and what do you know right before the trail ended and the parking lot came there was the little bunny again waiting in the bushes to see me off. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We reached Seattle around lunch time and went to check out the Space Needle. Due to lack of funds we decided not to go up it, but it was okay. I think we had a more than suitable view from down below. We walked around that area for a while and decided to get some lunch at a sports restaurant across the street. Finnley got a burger and I got a shrimp salad. While it didn’t look super appetizing it was really good. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Due to Finnley’s serious lack of sleep I ended up having to drive us to our next destination which was Forks, Washington close to Olympic National Park and where the movie for Twilight was filmed or book took place, something like that. It’s a cool place off the coast of Washington with a real rainforest! That turned out to be the main reason we went there and the next day that is where we explored. After arriving we got a cheap motel and some pizza from a local restaurant and went to bed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We left the next day, but first headed to the Hoh Rainforest inside Olympic National Park for a hike. It was really rainy and gloomy out which I heard was the typical weather. When we got there we put on our water resistant gear and went to the visitor center. The ranger there told us the best hike and some other interesting facts and anecdotes about life in the park. He told us just the evening before he had been taking pictures of some elk in the park and got too close and ended up getting chased by a large buck. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">After that we left for what we intended to be Portland, Oregon. On the way we passed by some beautiful beaches. However they we very dangerous at the time because there was a windy weather advisory that day of gusts up to 60mph. The motel we were at even had the lights go out earlier that morning due to the winds (not so comforting in Vampireville :-P). So basically the waves at the beach looked like a hurricane was in session. I am always in awe at the power of the Pacific Ocean. Finnley and I had to pull over and watch the waves for a minute because they looked so amazing. It was definitely something that picture or film couldn’t capture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Our last stop in Washington was my teen idols Kurt Cobain’s hometown Aberdeen, Washington. All Finnley and I did there was go to a Dairy Queen for some lunch there, but I figured it was notable. Finnley asked the boy who worked there and he said that Kurt’s house wasn’t too far from there and that his dad grew up with him. We didn’t go see his house. Just being there was cool enough, plus I know how Kurt felt about those celeb obsessions and whatnot ;-). Washington was short, but all around sweet. However, it was time to get to Portland; a city I much anticipated. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992569010223511748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3527877930671972468.post-14560412489725993992013-11-21T12:11:00.001-05:002013-11-21T17:23:49.991-05:00Yellowstone: Some Highlights - VideosYellowstone was by far one of the most dazzling places we have been to. The landscapes vary as diverse as all of America itself. From mountains, canyons, thermal elements, geysers, and the highest elevation lake in the U.S. Yellowstone does not disappoint.<br />
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However it did make me extremely sleepy every time we drove through, but I think that had to do with the elevation of above 7000 ft. Since the last posts were just pictures I figured I should put some quick highlights of events, funny anecdotes, and a few videos of the wildlife.<br />
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The first main highlight was our first wildlife viewing which just so happened to be what I was terrified of: grizzly. As we drove into Yellowstone East Entrance the first time through Wyoming we saw a car that passed by us seconds earlier stopped on the side of the road and the people inside all running across the street. We pulled up and asked what it was when the quickly shouted grizzly. We pulled over and crossed the street to meet them and sure enough in the valley below was a grizzly bear walking away from our direction. From 100 yards away they don't look so scary and I snapped a picture of his bum.<br />
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In the cabin we were staying in which was just the cutest little rustic thing, one night I was having trouble sleeping and Finnley was watching TV loudly. I was just about fed up so I looked up and what do you know a creepy spider is just paratrooping down to my face. I threw myself up with a scream and the standard flailing of limbs. Finnley thought I did that because I was mad at him so in a frantic voice I had to explain. He didn't believe me, but after diligently searching my sleeping bag he found the bastard and said he was mean looking. After that he went on a spider hunt around the bed and ended up killing 4 other ones.<br />
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The next day it snowed. Which is what Finnley had been waiting for so it was quite a treat for him. I was still getting used to the cold so I wasn't the biggest fan. Going back into Yellowstone we got some amazing footage of some bison and elk fighting in the snow.<br />
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We moved on to the Montana/West Entrance side after 3 days in Wyoming. As we left Finnley was talking to the people who owned the cabin we stayed at thanking them and checking out, when a big buck flew out of nowhere right in front of my car. Luckily Finnley had a fast reaction and avoided it. As we got into Montana it was just as beautiful. There was a nice river along the road and many fishermen were in there fishing. We stayed in another cabin, but this one wasn't rustic at all. It was more like a regular hotel room just in cabin form. </div>
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It snowed again in Montana, but it was a heavier snow. It looked very pretty. Our second day there we went back into Yellowstone to relax and have a picnic in the car. We saw many more bison and elk. At one point we were trying to drive back to the cabin but there were bison in the road. There was also this lady that kept getting ridiculously close to the wildlife. As she was taking pictures we drove by and a bison got pissed and tried to ram the back of my car. Luckily it didn't get it and even though it was scary that crazy guy looked super cute when he did it. </div>
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All in all it was a nice time there and we both got to see amazing things we always dreamed of. However after 5 days it was time to keep it moving and we headed off to Washington. </div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To our pleasant surprise the Quality Inn wasn’t so bad, in fact it wasn’t bad at all. Obviously the location wasn’t a selling point, it had the standard close by railroad track, but it had just been noticeably refurbished and looked quite nice. The rooms looked new and clean and they even smelled good. This also just so happened to be one of the cheapest motels we stayed at. I love to bask in the irony that the Econolodge we stayed at was the worst and yet most expensive motel and the cheapest ones were the nicer ones. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Also for all the travelers out there who stay in these type of motels, please be aware their little ChoiceHotels promos are not what they seem. Finnley noticed a promo for them that said stay 2 nights get 3rd night free so obviously we were interested. We ended up getting an account which requires no fee and calling them the day after to redeem points and try and get the free night. It was only then that they tell you the full story that to them a 2 nights stay actually requires 4 nights and that to redeem this promo you would have had to of booked it through their website Choicehotels.com. Now I’m not saying it’s all bad, for people who do stays like that it can be beneficial, but if your just popping through a night here and a night there, don’t bother. Basically if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">However the highlight of staying at this Quality Inn was when Finnley and I went to get dinner he was in shock and awe to see the White Castle right down the road. It was the moment he’d been waiting for since he was a kid. I could tell by the look in his eyes, this was the moment a little boys fairytale became a reality. After we got some yums we went back to the hotel and watched TV. That’s when I realized we were in a different time zone. Which was cool, it was the first step through time towards the West. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Finnley had a few beers so I had to drive. I was so scared and stressed the whole drive because we were in deer country in the pitch black. I drove like 20 mph under the speed limit the whole time. We finally got there and I picked up a DVD player. On the way back I almost hit a little bunny, but luckily he was fast enough. There was also a deer, but it didn’t come too close. When we got back to the campground there were also more deer out in a field near our site. They were so cute just laying in the grass or eating it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I slept fairly well that night due to a combination of old comforts and exhaustion. When we woke up Finnley and I decided to take a shower and get ready to clean up all our gear and get prepared to set off the next day. After our shower the weather had completely changed and it looked like a cold front was blowing in. We went to book another night at the campground first and then came back and Finnley started to make us breakfast. As he did that the temperature really started to drop and the wind picked up. I was hurting bad because I still had wet hair so I hid in the car and tried to dry my hair with the heater while Finnley fought it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I finally got it dry enough I came out and ate breakfast with him. We started cleaning up and by we I mean Finnley and I basically just stood there frozen, wearing long johns, fleece pants, sweat pants, a fleece shirt, a fleece jacket, a soft shell jacket, a down jacket, a hat, scarf, and gloves looking as awkward as possible. Right when we finished and when everything was looking grim for the night because of the cold, a state park truck pulled up in front of our site.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A ranger got out, walked towards us, and said “I got a weird question for you guys”. At this point I’m thinking are we in trouble or are things really about to get weird? I’m going through my mind of all the things we did that could have gotten us in trouble: moving the fire pit, the hour plus hot showers, the late night park drives? But no he goes on to tell us that Zippo Lighters/ Case Knives is doing a photo shoot for their catalogue in the park and would like real campers to be in the photos and asked us if we would be interested. Obviously we were like heck yeh!</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At this point we are thinking that they are going to photograph us at the tent with our gear and stuff, but 15 minutes later the guy shows up again and offers us a cabin and some fire wood all expense paid. I’m thinking it might of had to do with my very Floridian display of dealing with the cold. It was pretty much our lucky day and from there on it only got better. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We took our tent and gear down and loaded up for the short drive over to the cabins. The cabin was big with a heater, a nice big patio, and wood waiting for us upon our arrival. Not to mention the view was outstanding. Finnley and I unloaded the car, got a fire going, and just waited for the crew to arrive. I still can’t believe how lucky we got, we were in awe of everything that was happening. When the Zippo/Case Knives guys got there they came and said hello and starting setting up their “stages”. Finnley and I watched them for a while until they came over and asked us to join them. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The first set up was a little orange Marmot tent in the woods with camping gear next to it, fall leaves everywhere, and a stream running along. It was so weird and funny being directed for a photo. Finnley and I couldn’t stop laughing and staring at each other awkwardly. It was such a different experience. It was really fun too though because the crew was so funny and nice. They kept making jokes about everything and making Finnley and I laugh when we were trying to pose for long exposure shots. I kept thinking it must be so nice to get to enjoy your job so much. The photographer Sean Hemmerle was not only ridiculously talented, but he was also such a cool person. They all really were. Finnley and I thoroughly enjoyed talking to them and hanging out. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When we were done and they got their shots we hung around by their fire for a while and talked. They gave us some advice on places to go on our trip and told us about some of their travels. As they were leaving they ended up giving us a bunch of food that was supposed to be props and these badass zippo fire starters that Finnley is in love with. It was so ridiculously nice meeting them and we are both truly thankful for their kindness and generosity. They not only helped us have a much more comfortable night, but they gave us an unforgettable memory and a good blog story. While I doubted this place all along, I must give credit where credit is due, Finnley was right, this was the place we were supposed to be.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At one point Finnley and I were jamming out in the car to some music when we felt a thump and a loud noise come tunneling from the back wheel. We thought we were having a blow out, but when we pulled over Finnley discovered a 12in nail sticking out of the plastic around my tire well that had been grinding the asphalt as we drove, literally an inch away from my tire. It was a close call there, but he just pulled it out, I kept it, and we kept on driving.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The previous night I looked up some campgrounds in the Acadia area and found one that seemed suitable or so I thought. We arrived around 3:30pm and drove to said campground. At this point I could already tell we were on the quiet side of Mount Desert Island, which is a polite way to say boring. I was whining to Finnley about a hotel and being in Bar Harbor, but he made a good point about conserving funds and that we should just take a look. It didn’t help either that it was grey and gloomy out.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Suffice to say my suspicions were confirmed when we pulled up to what looked like someone’s backyard. The campsites were bare with no trees around. It was teeny tiny, all RVs and to top it off at the back where all the tent campsites were, there was a brown fence that on the other side literally bordered someone’s backyard. I made Finnley turn right around and even though he was pissed about it, he knew that was not what we were looking for. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What really sucks about camping in the fall and winter season is tons of campgrounds close. So that makes finding one twice as hard. Along the way we’ve found out that many State Parks that close actually let you camp still and for free after closing, but with no amenities. And while that is a good option for many, for me being the chicken that I am, camping where there aren’t at least a couple people around freaks me out. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was very cool driving past New York. We originally had plans to spend some time in the city, but decided not to on account of we rather spend that money skiing in Colorado or something in the future. A big city just seemed like more of a hassle than what its worth, maybe another time. When we were driving past I started to better understand The Great Gatsby lol. Everything looked so dirty and industrial. I swear the city just had this ugly grey haze over it all. It’s weird because I know people always say LA has bad pollution, but I don't think it has anything on New York City. The buildings looked like big grey monsters in the distance. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">While it was the most terrifying experience yet, “Rattler Road” also proved to provide me with some of the most dreamy and picturesque images of my life. The trees canopied the road in fall colors and the mild wind swept the falling leaves all about (Finnley calls it “Tunnel of Colors”).The cliff sides dropped miles below and along it a small river ran parallel. The road was beyond winding. I’d say it was borderline race car track status. We even felt like we were on a roller coaster some of the time the way the hills steeped. Mind you they expect people to drive 55 mph on this road (Oh hell no!), but we did more like a modest 40. </span></div>
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