Day One

Just finished 11 hours of driving - put on 1200 km. I’m settled in for the night in a “quaint” hotel in Douglas, WY. That leaves me with a short drive of 350km tomorrow morning to Central City - the main destination on what is beginning to feel like a pilgrimage.

Lots of thinking, emotions, reflections in these past 11 hours. I will have much to journal about. It was difficult to stay in the moment today and just be present for the drive. There were many reasons for this - thinking about this stage of life and how it was “supposed” to be different, thinking about aging and mortality, and trying to not get ahead of myself by picturing the entire last 1/3rd of my life all at once.

The weather kept getting better and better all day (started out wet), so I wanted to be frustrated with myself for not brining Margo. But, the forecast for the next 4 days still shows rain, and even snow! ahead of me.

Fantastic scenery along the way - that certainly helped to bring me back to the present. I tried to capture pictures as I drove (shh…don’t tell). They are being uploaded to the Photos page.