Some things I saw today….

Well who the heck knew about Utah?  What a beguiling state.   We are talking… razzle dazzle, dashing and debonair, classic… yet modish.  Beautiful.  If Utah were a movie character, it would be a cross between Indiana Jones… and Glenda the Good Witch.

This is our last night here, so I am wrapping up with a few images of some things we saw today.  We took a hike up into Snow Canyon.  We followed a trail called Three Ponds.  The entire time we walked the path, Mary told me there was a big perk at the turn-around.  Imagine my surprise when we reached that point… and low and behold….  the perkiest of perks….. three ponds.  It seemed more like three puddles actually.  But getting there and back was truly majestic.

We saw much wildlife.  The abundance of creatures…. living and thriving in this sandy, erosive, rocky terrain… is quite amazing.   We did not see a single rattle snake though.  For that…. I am very glad.  Grateful.

Every now and again…. I have a bit of a struggle with heights.  Oh, you should have seen the places I stood today.  I had to climb up rocky-high-steeply places to get there.  I really could have peed my pants a couple of times.  But I made it….

Today was remarkable. Wondrous.  Very good, I’ll tell you. I saw a multitude of things I have never seen before. 

And here I am… at just one tiny little pinpoint on the map.  It made me think about everything that simultaneously exists… right now… at this moment…. all round the world.   Just consider the many things that are happening.. to people you don’t know…. and creatures you have never witnessed…. at this very, very instant.   Oh what a world we live in.

But don’t you know….. it can’t ALL be good.  This morning at our hotel breakfast buffet… the only choice was scrambled egg whites with tofu.  Seriously. Tofu. Anything called Toe-Foo sounds WAY too close to Toe-Jam. And the thought of eating that…. scares me. Terribly. Much worse than my fear of heights.

I am absolutely feeling the need to go home and stir up a huge pot of grits.

“Home is not where you live, but where they understand you”
-Christian Morganstern