Massadona,
Colorado
Dry Day
All
three of us like the early morning treks. Millions of stars adorn the sky up
above. I asked the boys, Hayagriva and Marshall, if they were familiar with the
Classical Music “The Planets” by Gustav Holst. They had never heard it. So I
played “Venus, The Bringer of Peace” from the album on my phone.
How
soothing and appropriate it was to have that playing while we looked up at the
heavenly bodies and chanted our japa (mantras) over top of the music. We had
the road to ourselves. We were kings of the road. The area west of Elk Springs
is so desolate. Even rush hour makes you wonder how it could be so calm at the
usual hectic hours between 7 and 9:00 a.m.
Once
the sun arises, it is not long before it becomes merciless. That then draws
black flies and mosquitoes. They have a circus and they come in numbers as plentiful
as the stars had been up above. The further west I go, as the boys settle in
the van for their reading sessions, the more dry as a bone the land becomes.
Wildlife
is rare to see now. They are attracted to green but here it’s sage plants. Even
hawks and crows are hard to come by. This is a desert for sure. There’s even
some resemblance, in spots, to the Grand Canyon.
Fortunately,
with my phone, while I walk, I am able to call anywhere in North America and
get office work done at the same time. You just have to watch your step. Rarely
does traffic interfere. There is so little of it. There are no billboards which
is great.
Our
meals comprise of snacks in the form of trail mix, wraps at noon and a cooked
kitchari, a rice and moong lentil with vegetables, in the evening. By 10:30
a.m. I did my quota of twenty miles.
All
is good!
May
the Source be with you!
20
miles
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