Life is a funny thing, strange how some things happen, and you never expect to find yourself where you are in that moment. Sometimes it's like a dream, like reality no longer exists and that you will be indulged in some blissful fantasy and that there is nothing more to life, to anything. Just simply in the moment, happy.
There are times where you may be indulged in great fear, where your bones tremble and you fear for not your life, but your soul.
In these moments, such extremes of life, they are what make it all worth living.
There were time where I found myself alone in the woods, complete darkness. I've lost my map, my GPS is not working, and I swear the compass just said North was behind me not in front. Animals howling in the night, my headlamp no longer worked, and I dropped my bag in the darkness... that's where I keep my spare light (which didn't work either).
I've come to accept several times again that I may not make it out of this nightmare. But just like a dream that you wake up from, you use everything you know and your senses, instincts, come alive.
Look for the moon and stars, listen for signs of human activity, find that backpack, and trust your compass. Look at the terrain and smell the air for the moisture in the meadow. Where have the trees been burned, where do the animal trails lead to?
... and sometimes, when you aren't looking, just living your life as a dream, you meet the most incredible person....
I'm living my life, in every way I know how to. Sometimes I'm happy, scared, sad, full of adrenalin... but even in the saddest most terrible moment, I stop and remember, this is the best time of my life.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Happy 4th of July Everyone!!
There is going to be a HUGE water fight at Grand Canyon National Park... and I'll be right in the middle of it. If I'm lucky I'll be on the firetruck... never run out of water ;) Just spent a few CrAzY days in Vegas!! Not much of which I remember... just kidding. It was crazy though... 99 cent margaritas, penny slots, all the entertainment you could ever want, and the Most Interesting people you could ever hope to sit and watch. I saw the 15 acre flamingo habitat, nude swimming pools everywhere, white tigers, I stood underneath a glass tube below two lions... Anything Goes in Vegas! Apparently they have the largest collection of Ligers in the world too.
I went to see Dr. Van Gunther's Body World exhibition, the craziest coolest strangest thing I've ever seen. This world renown anatomist has an enormous collection of human bodies preserved into a self developed process, called plantation that solidifies the parts into a non-decaying state of rubberized material. He dissects to reveal the processes of digestion, circulatory systems, and all bodily processes including abnormalities and repairs. This may freak you out, but I'll tell you what, there is nothing else like it on the planet! From an artistic-scientific view, his works are simply mind blowing! If you are at all interested you should check out his website :
http://www.bodyworlds.com/en/prelude/human_saga.html
Check out google images to get an idea (if this stuff disgusts you, I don't recommend looking)
http://images.google.com/images?q=bodies%20exhibition&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi
Anyways, since I've been spending so much time writing my trek through the grand canyon, there is tons that you've missed out on in the mean time... I won't have time to catch you up on all of it, but I'll soon write a post about the monstrous Bear we found in the woods, the coyotes that wanted to eat CB (while doing an owl call), and maybe I'll do a bit about Edward Abby's Cabin (a famous author), where he wrote some of his books here at the canyon. He was also one of the first rangers of the area, and lived at the highest elevation point on the North Rim, about 9,200 feet.
In the mean time, I'm heading off to Lake Powell for the day, just after a BBQ and water fight, for some away time. I'm broke as hell, (despite the theory of being paid for this job), so as always, It'll be interesting!
In Vegas, I spent $37 of the exhibition, $40 on everything else (food and gambling) , $20 on gas... and never needed more. Maybe $100 is expensive... but I had everything I could have ever wanted. Free place to stay, thanks Scott and Pume! and we split up the gas... so a 10h trip was a lot cheaper.
Who says you have to have money to have a good time? I've found quite the opposite!
I went to see Dr. Van Gunther's Body World exhibition, the craziest coolest strangest thing I've ever seen. This world renown anatomist has an enormous collection of human bodies preserved into a self developed process, called plantation that solidifies the parts into a non-decaying state of rubberized material. He dissects to reveal the processes of digestion, circulatory systems, and all bodily processes including abnormalities and repairs. This may freak you out, but I'll tell you what, there is nothing else like it on the planet! From an artistic-scientific view, his works are simply mind blowing! If you are at all interested you should check out his website :
http://www.bodyworlds.com/en/prelude/human_saga.html
Check out google images to get an idea (if this stuff disgusts you, I don't recommend looking)
http://images.google.com/images?q=bodies%20exhibition&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi
Anyways, since I've been spending so much time writing my trek through the grand canyon, there is tons that you've missed out on in the mean time... I won't have time to catch you up on all of it, but I'll soon write a post about the monstrous Bear we found in the woods, the coyotes that wanted to eat CB (while doing an owl call), and maybe I'll do a bit about Edward Abby's Cabin (a famous author), where he wrote some of his books here at the canyon. He was also one of the first rangers of the area, and lived at the highest elevation point on the North Rim, about 9,200 feet.
In the mean time, I'm heading off to Lake Powell for the day, just after a BBQ and water fight, for some away time. I'm broke as hell, (despite the theory of being paid for this job), so as always, It'll be interesting!
In Vegas, I spent $37 of the exhibition, $40 on everything else (food and gambling) , $20 on gas... and never needed more. Maybe $100 is expensive... but I had everything I could have ever wanted. Free place to stay, thanks Scott and Pume! and we split up the gas... so a 10h trip was a lot cheaper.
Who says you have to have money to have a good time? I've found quite the opposite!
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