Sunday, October 10

ADK2010: Journey's End

I've been back home in DC for a time but now that my journey has ended I find I have great trouble finding the desire to do follow-up work on this last entry.
The trip was good. In and of itself it was enjoyable.
However the blogging about it I feel was a clear bust. Which was unfortunate.
It lessened my trip for me.

It seems that when I'm out in the field I'm naturally inspired to post entries of my miniature adventuring, and I was this time as well. It makes the solitary segments of my trips meaningful. However I found trouble posting entries this time because of the lack of electricity for my computer while camping.. the battery doesn't last long enough. (take a car charger next time, bopsy!) as well as borrowed WiFi often not working for me.

On-the-road blogging... knowing that friends and family are all "tuning in" only a few hours later from various parts of the country is fun for me and hopefully mildly entertaining for you. As I've mentioned to some of you before, in some weird way my writing, photographing and making videos takes the place of having Patti alongside me, and the two of us being naturally silly together as we enjoyed being so.

But after the journey is finished and I tire of being out and about without the laughs and interactions of friends..and I "turn tail" and head back to our "treetop nest", I lose all interest in continuing to write anything that is quickly becoming days and weeks old. Even now that I have mustered up some afternoon writing energy to throw out this one last entry, it is still a bit of a struggle. Old news and all that.


Anyway, now that I'm home and everything has been unloaded from the truck, washed, organized and put away and I'm back in the routine of ordinary life, I will try to post this one last entry of my little journey into the Adirondacks.


Btw, click on any of the thumbnails for the larger versions.



Here's a video mix of my kayaking Blue Mt Lake and Eagle Lake. It's a little over my self-imposed 3-minute video limit.



My next possible trip is to Florida in February. Maybe.
I know of at least 3 "fried chicken stops" that will entertain me for a night or two (ahh, Bob & Francie, Laraine & Don, my sister and Eric & Kari.. ) and who knows who else may invite me out onto their lanai for a couple of Happy Hours tipperies and a glass of laughter. What would we do without our friends?!

Anyway, until then I won't be sending out any email notifications should I occasionally make more postings. Those entries (if any) will probably be more of the inner journey through this world that we all find ourselves to be on. That is often what I would rather write about but sometimes they get a little too personal and never get posted. There are more than a few that have been filed away into that great psybernet Trash can.
Check back on your own from time to time should you find yourselves bored with everything Internet. On occasion I become quite happy to pile a little more of my own "stuff" onto that great waste-of-time and ever-growing pile of WEB dung.

Stay safe, be well and be happy.. as the bumper sticker on the back of Patti's car reads
"For Happiness, Cherish Others"


A big Amen to that.

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