Day 1 Saturday Travel
Day--Transition |
| Doug shows up close to 10:30 a.m. - I'm mostly ready so the car is packed
and we are on our way by 10:45. A couple blocks up the road, I notice that Doug has a coffee
mug - I do not. So its back home, sneak in another kiss good-bye and with coffee mug in the car
holder, we have officially started. On I-70, the TAPE IS PLAYED (The Rockies' Theme
song, Nostalgia by Yanni, played before each home game several years ago, has become OUR
Grand Canyon) song. The trip now has really started. Business discussions are given no
more than one hour. Within 40 minutes it is time for the second transition - the book
tapes. Sue Grafton or Spenser or Dick Frances or whoever. The miles pass, scenery is
watched, concentration is on the story. The normal routine moves away. |
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We find a campsite along the Colorado River just out of Moab, Utah at 5:00 p.m. It looks
like we could have rain, so we set the 4-man tent up, just in case. We then head to
town for supper (fast food to bring back) and phone calls home. I leave message for
Diane. Later I try the cell phone, but have no luck. At 6:30, we sit next to the river to eat
and read. We each select an open site for our ground cloth, pad and sleeping bag. We are
in bed by 8:30. Raindrops come a couple of times but not enough to have to go into the
tent.. The skies sort of clear around 10:15, so the night wake-ups give views into the
Universe way out there, somewhere. |
