I have so much catching up to do!  Wow. I got into San Diego, had an amazing time getting to know Kay (Matt’s mom) who along with Matt, were unbelievably supporting.  I also had a chance to get to know my  boat mates (quite characters, they are……..Lunasea ll (our boat name) might just be perfect :-))  and before I knew it we were setting sail, off to Cabo San Lucas Mexico!  Here is a picture of me and Barb.   There were 4 of us aboard.

Thaddeous is Captain

Bill is owner

And we were off!

Here are Bego and Miso, (two regulars who frequent the bookstore/coffeeshop) and a writer, fellow who is new to town in the back. Bego (on the left) works for search and Rescue and writes up the “minutes”, a paper describing all the rescues they’ve done in the canyons,mountains, Rivers, and Desert.  There are a lot of adventure sports going on all around, and I’m so curious to hear about the situations people get into and how they react when the going gets tuff. Bego is kind enough to bring me a copy every time he writes them up!  Its a fascinating read…..and a wonderful learning experience for what NOT to do.

So, this fellow came into the bookstore carrying his IMac bigscreen computer, like it was a laptop. He asked me where there might be a plug. I set him up in kinda an odd spot because customers were using the other plugs. He got himself all set up on the floor of the bookstore with his big screen Imac. It was hilarious! A sight you don’t see everyday. I noticed how it brought a feeling of togetherness to the store. Some were curious as to what he was doing and so they talked to him. Some chuckled to their neighbor about how funny this guy looked. I was serving up coffee in the front and talking to some folks about the changing of the leaves and how BEAUTIFUL it is on the Colorado passes and up in the Sals right now. The fellow on the big screen held up his monitor and shouted acrosss the bookstore for me to look at his picture from the La Sals. On the screen I looked at, bobbing in the air, were yellow and red aspen leaves towering into the blue sky. Gorgeous. It was a fun moment. I kept chuckling to myself thinking about this guy walking in like he was carrying a laptop and setting it up like it was no big deal. I was suppose to close at 8:00 but everyone was having such a good time and customers kept walking in a wanting coffee………that I stayed open another 45 min. The fellow with the big screen left me a $10 tip. Yeah!

Every day……….and thats no exaggeration, Everyday so far I’ve met someone or some people who are SOO interesting, I mean really.  Either in the bookstore or Moto shop.  I’d like to do a “Customer Of The Day” section for my Blog…..to try and illustrate some of the amazing people and stories I’ve heard!

These English guys came through, doing the TransAm trail on their BMW’s they exported over from the UK. While Fred put new tires on for them, Jeremy, Peggy and I hung out and listened and shared stories. They kept us Laughing for nearly two hours straight, telling us about their experiences and impressions of America and Americans. Patrick (on the left) works as security for the Prime Minister (our equivalent of Secret Service) and has the ability to run miles and miles and miles. The other Fellow, Iain…..is getting married soon and is doing his best to get back from this adventure alive, so life as a happily married man can begin! Its Patrick’s job to get him home safely.
These guys had me laughing harder than I’ve laughed in a long time. Wish I could go with them!

Peggy is my next door neighbor while I am staying at Fred’s. I feel lucky to have her as my neighbor, she’s been nothing but kind. The first morning I arrived and was discombobulated and a little scared (the phones, for the motorcycle shop are spread all around the house and were ringing off the hook. I was nervous to answer them because I didn’t know any of the answers the person on the other line would ask me.) Peggy invited me over for waffles and its been nothing but kindness since…flowers, to cucumbers to the best homemade cookies I’ve ever eaten to hikes to friendly good mornings…….

We harvested “popcorn” corn from Peggy’s garden. I was amazed that each stalk that we unwrapped was a different color. Talk about feeling like fall is on its way!

Thanks to Mel, Jeremy and Fred’s help, my moto is up going! Its a racy thing, it wants to speed

Yoga on the Rocks! Aunt Ana,Ali,Wes and Jeremy

Over Labor Day Weekend, I had a lot of visitors. It was so fun for me to show them my “special” spots and explore new ones with them. Since I’ve arrived I have mostly been working, so the opportunity to spend time in the canyons swimming, climbing,exploring and visiting was extra special. I love it, when you live somewhere really great, people will come visit you! And another great thing about Moab is it in “on the way” In the short time I’ve been here quite a few people have visited who happen to be passing through. I would really like to have a motorcycle Bed and Breakfast coffee shop deal here. I know it would be a hit!

Aunt Ana :-)…….lets do it!

Before leaving Colorado, Nathan and I went on a hike up the mountain that overlooks the valley I grew up in.  It is one of those “special” spots for me, where i feel centered and inspired. You must climb to get to the top and once on top you have a 360 degree view of mountains, valley and Denver.  When  I was younger I sometimes hiked up in the morning to catch the sunrise…….a great way to start an inspired day!!!

I cut out bunch of my favorite pictures and put them all together on a poster board.

Looking at this makes me soo happy.  And, hopefully it will help make my dreams (get a sailboat

and do a solo three week passage to the Pacific!) true.

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My good ole brothers, enjoying our “bonfire” by the lake  They are getting ready for a drive to Colombia in Sept. Now, I know how my poor mother feels when I’m going on random adventures!  Its kinda worrisome, being the one who’s not going and imagining all the different challenges they will have to overcome along the way.