I'll be somewhere around here
Working too much can do strange things to a mind.
In my case, it made me think that driving to the middle of nowhere (aka “the desert”) for a week was a good idea.
I still think it is a good idea. I made a quick pit stop with the family in Southern California today, and tomorrow I’m driving the Invinci-Truck out to Utah. I’ve got food, a sleeping bag, a couple sketch books, and my freshly cut mohawk. That should be enough.
The plan is… well, I don’t really know what the plan is. I’m driving to Zion tomorrow, and I’ll stay there a day or two, then move on to Canyonlands.
It will be me, the desert, and my thoughts. I need a reset. My mind has been cluttered with stuff, and I need to let it go and start fresh.
I really have no idea what I’m doing.
Somehow, however, I know this is the right thing to do.
Talk to y’all in a week, maybe I’ll have more to say about it then.
Comments are open, but I won’t be able to reply till I get back in early June.
UPDATE
Dave wants a debrief. You can find out what happened on this trip here:
- Day 1: Watching the Sunrise from the top of the World – Angel’s Landing
- Day 2: Dancing through the Devil’s Garden – Arches
- Day 3: Threading the Needles to Druid Arch – Canyonlands
- Day 4: Through the Fiery Furnace and Up the Partition – Arches
- Day 5: Walking the (Sync)Line – Canyonlands
Tags: Dispatches
Debrief. We want details.
See my next post (up this morning).
ComLuv has been acting funny, retrieving older posts when I comment on blogs today.
.-= Sean´s last blog post ..Angel’s Landing: Sunrise at the Top of the World =-.
There seems to be more behind this than desert. If all you want is desert, you could stay in California. There definitely seems to be more going on here, maybe even metaphysical or metaphorical or whatever. You can get desicated much closer to home.
.-= Ralph´s last blog post ..How to keep your health in balance as you age. =-.
You know Ralph, there was a little more to this, though I’m not quite sure what. When I think of desert, I think of that southwest area of Utah, the desert that is made of big rocks, not sand.
Partly that, and partly I needed to get further away from home than the California desert. This trip was about letting go of everything for a week, and I needed to put some distance between myself and my usual life to do that.
.-= Sean´s last blog post ..Dancing Through the Devil’s Garden =-.
After looking at your pictures from Utah, ho explanation is necessary. California desert is plumb ugly.
.-= Ralph´s last blog post ..How I first tried self-employment. =-.