Monday, May 11th - Doing What I Want to Do

It was actually Sunday night when I was feeling a little overwhelmed with all there was to do, all the things I should do and see and relatively speaking, so little time.  I realized that a large part of this trip is about me finding out what I want to do – I have the flexibility and so all I need to try and do is be present enough with myself to know - and then go do it.  And at the same time, pushing myself a little too e.g. do I really want to stay in, crash and watch TV or go out and explore in the evening too – so far, when I’ve done the later, it’s been great!

So along that vein, today I slept in and had a slower morning – I decided I didn’t really want to go to the morning yoga class I found, rather I wanted to try and connect in with friends – I love skype!

I then headed out to enjoy the sun of Santa Fe – it was a beautiful day.  First, I went to the Georgia O’Keefe museum – she was an artist that I knew very little about other than she painted large flowers, but I quickly discovered what an incredible artist and woman she was.  Afterwards, I ‘walked’ Santa Fe – my favorite way to see a new place.  The main downtown area has a nice feel to it – touristy but not overly so.  (The picture is from a store that caught my fancy – Mom, you’d love the clothes – lots of colour!)

I headed out by mid afternoon – off to cross the middle of the US by the end of tomorrow.  The landscape was again a little moonlike – I’m still waiting for the camera that takes pictures from the car while driving, but until then, I at least got a couple pics when slowed for construction ...

The sun went in when I crossed over to Texas (seriously) – an advantage of the Santa Fe detour was that I crossed through, so I can at least say I’ve been, but it did feel more than a little surreal when I got to Amarillo for the night.  I also have to confess that in salute of good ‘ol GW, my music of choice for the Texas section was the Dixie Chicks Taking the Long Way (if you haven’t seen their documentary Shut Up and Sing, it really is good).