Toronto, Ontario
Go It Together
I received a call from Michael who took to the Trans
Canada Highway in 2001/2002 on foot with a backpack. We made an agreement to go it out together on
the road for a three week stint.
Starting in mid May we plan to drive to Taber, Alberta,
the spot from where I left off last summer.
We will stop a bit along the way, put on our shoes (I, with Crocs),
while he will be equipped with camera, hopeful to capture the beauty of the
road, the rhythm of walking, and all that visual vista stuff that people usually
see as post cards. The filming will be
like a reenactment of the walk I did last summer, until we arrive at Taber,
when business will be as usual to complete a fourth trek, bringing me to the
edge of British Columbia.
I’m really looking forward to it because in addition to
having the usual company of support person, Daruka, and his blue front Amazon
parrot, there will also be Michael, a most amiable person. Up for the challenge will be those occasional
cool prairie breezes, and then the intermittent warming Chinook winds coming
from the Rockies. There will be the
upward downward trends of pacing once hitting those lovely mountains. I will not be surprised to hear the jazz of
the road, that is, the last clumps of snow, sliding off the arms of the coniferous
trees, and the feet making the beat gritting the gravel on the highway
shoulder. It will also be the time of
invigoration, rebirth, of so much life springing into action.
Michael knows the road I’ve tread, he’s done it before –
the Crow’s Nest Pass. And, of course,
we’ll be seeing smart crows in flight, and I’ll be dreaming of smooth sailing
swans during naps which will take place by the side of the road that will offer
a peace like nothing else. Hare
Krishna!
Thanks for calling, Michael, it’s a deal. We’ve nailed down the date, May 17th.
May the Source be with you!
2 KM
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