The Travel Bug

It’s about 10:00 pm. There is a waxing moon. The marine fog is moving in fast… the sky is spectacular…

T and I went over to Half Moon Bay, and had lunch at the local brew pub, then I went to work... we had a special photo tour. I am home now...

I am watching TV (Travel Channel, Bizarre foods with Andrew Zimmer….) I am web surfing, South West parks and “Old Ones” (aka Anasazi, a term not popular) sites… I am thinking about next summers travel. Also South America sites… we have are going on a cruise from Rio to Chile and are researching and planning…

The last trip did not cure the cravings for travel…

I am not looking forward to work tomorrow… this is not the norm… There is not much to do this week, but I am tired…

The travel cravings are calling. The Old Ones are calling, Navajo National Monument, Road 400 (Cottonwood Canyon Road across Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument), Chaco Canyon, the desert in general…

There is a public market at the port in Montevieo Uruguay… it too calls me.

I continue to read “In Search of the Old Ones” by David Roberts… about his explorations of Anasazi culture and sites… It feeds the longing...

The longing is starting again…

I have been back just over a week… the tent and equipment are cleaned and put away. It took almost ten days but I have sorted and organized the photos, and posted the selection on Picasa (http://picasaweb.google.com/RandyHees/SouthWestNationalParks# ). The car is still dirty, and there are at least a couple of pieces of firewood hiding in the back.

The travel channel is on in the background. Tony has been visiting Chile… the food looks good… yesterday he was in Uruguay… the market at the port is calling.

Working on the house, working in general is still fun, but the road is calling, and I am already thinking towards the next adventure… There are several options… I am will get to Carson City for a weekend in October… it’s the Virginia and Truckee symposium… an annual history symposium… Steph (aka, “The Daughter”) has suggested Maryland for Thanksgiving… It would be expensive, and tiring, but it is intriguing. In addition to family there is Tidewater Maryland, the Chesapeake shore, and Washington DC…

We have our big trip coming up in January… a cruise from Rio to Chile, visiting Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, the Falklands, cruising Antarctica (no stops) back to southern most Argentina, then Chile… This time the sisters, and her brother and wife are joining us… a very different trip than my recent solo jaunt in the desert.

I am thinking of a trip to the Navajo National Monument… They have a couple of cliff dwellings… one a 8 mile hike in (and 8 out) the second a short 5 mile hike… or maybe Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

Another option is across Wyoming to Custer Battlefield, better known as Little Big Horn to the winners… I like walking battlefields… it gives a sense of place to stories and readings…

In the mean time I will tend my flowers, weed my garden, and if bored clean my car…