"I dream of a hard and brutal mysticism in which the naked self merges with the nonhuman world and somehow survives...Paradox and bedrock."-Edward Abbey

14 March 2013

Day of Fail/niW fo yaD

We were supposed to go snowshoeing, but a late start made one potential trail a no-go, and we spent two hours digging out Old Scratch-using my snowshoes!-when it got high-centered on the way to another trailhead. We did spy another potential trail, and we later enjoyed seafood chowder, grilled cheese sandwiches, expressoes, and cheap Jamaican beer.

There was the matter of the Pan-STARRS comet, being oh, so, visible in the western sky. We drove up to the top of Loveland Pass to watch the sun set at nearly twelve-thousand vertical. Try as we might, no dice, but the stars glow atop the Roof of the World-and how I got a girl! up there to look! with me-were just striking.

Resolving ourselves to a fate I do not believe in, we came home to nachos with a spicy salsa and Janis Joplin preying for and upon a Mercedes Benz. We drank imperial stouts and were grateful for the circumstance. The day did not come out the way we schemed, but we still had a myriad of adventures, and that's just how we roll.

So it goes...

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    1. Niel Peart once said;

      "Adventures suck when you're having them..."

      It was one of those times I found that to be true words. Looking back, though, it's amusing and there was some good.

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  2. So, you've got snow, yummy food and the girl. Life is good, no? :D

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  3. You should take some photos of some of those sunsets, just so the rest of us can be properly envious.

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    1. I could. Although, I'd loath to inspire a negative emotion in ya'll. That, and I'd rather have a proper camera, as opposed to just the one on my phone.

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  4. sounds like a wonderful time... adventure quote
    aside it seems you both did have a fine one!

    ~robert

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    1. Things just didn't turn out as it intended. So it goes. I got a story out of it.

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  5. Sometimes, the unplanned is the very best of all. Life unexpectedly, right? :) Oh, and you've made my stomach growl... xo

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    1. I am a huge believer in the inevitability and beauty of chaos. My favorite joke goes;

      How do you make [a] god laugh? Have a plan...

      Scheming however, is okay. That way if things go pear-shaped, it's not as much a disappointment. It's all in the semantics, after all ;p.

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