back
from the desert. Today I'm decompressing, re-adjusting to the altitude change and humidity (sinuses)! and attempting to unload my 40-lb pack outside so as to minimize the sand intrusion into the house.
It was awesome, and I didn't take a single picture, but I think that was part of me being very much in the moment, and forgetting all the outside world and cares and troubles and concerns. I thought a lot on the theme of bullshit distractions. I had a great time hanging out and bonding with friends, meditating, reading, and attending to the tasks at hand.
I did bring back a cool rock I found and bought some good southwestern incense, but other than that I refrained from loading up on stuff, because that was another thing I was thinking about a lot.
Ate some delicious mexican food, went out to see a reasonably good band, experienced the now-unfamiliar dynamics of what happens when a group of people are ejected from a bar en masse at 1:45 am (lots of kung fu!) and realized that I have not lost my firebuilding from scratch skills (no duraflame logs or accelerants needed, thank you very much) nor my ability to cook a decent meal over said campfire.
We camped in a very awesome little canyon out in El Malpais, about 70 miles from ABQ, then 30 more miles off the highway. It was cold as a motherfucker at night up in the mountains. Compass did not work- too many magnetic rocks in the area. Friends saw a mountain lion. I smelled a skunk one night, but luckily didn't run into it. The stars were intense and you could see the milky way.
Yesterday the plane was late departing from Dallas, and our luggage took forever, and then I needed to take my bro M home after cabbing it back to my house, and then I wanted to hang out with W and chill and so I didn't get into bed until almost 4 am, otherwise I would have gone to work today, but I'm kind of glad to have an extra day to just get a few things in order before I go take a look at my inbox. I have many filthy laundries to do!
It was awesome, and I didn't take a single picture, but I think that was part of me being very much in the moment, and forgetting all the outside world and cares and troubles and concerns. I thought a lot on the theme of bullshit distractions. I had a great time hanging out and bonding with friends, meditating, reading, and attending to the tasks at hand.
I did bring back a cool rock I found and bought some good southwestern incense, but other than that I refrained from loading up on stuff, because that was another thing I was thinking about a lot.
Ate some delicious mexican food, went out to see a reasonably good band, experienced the now-unfamiliar dynamics of what happens when a group of people are ejected from a bar en masse at 1:45 am (lots of kung fu!) and realized that I have not lost my firebuilding from scratch skills (no duraflame logs or accelerants needed, thank you very much) nor my ability to cook a decent meal over said campfire.
We camped in a very awesome little canyon out in El Malpais, about 70 miles from ABQ, then 30 more miles off the highway. It was cold as a motherfucker at night up in the mountains. Compass did not work- too many magnetic rocks in the area. Friends saw a mountain lion. I smelled a skunk one night, but luckily didn't run into it. The stars were intense and you could see the milky way.
Yesterday the plane was late departing from Dallas, and our luggage took forever, and then I needed to take my bro M home after cabbing it back to my house, and then I wanted to hang out with W and chill and so I didn't get into bed until almost 4 am, otherwise I would have gone to work today, but I'm kind of glad to have an extra day to just get a few things in order before I go take a look at my inbox. I have many filthy laundries to do!