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| From plane en route to Seattle |
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| Mt. Rainier |
It was exactly one month to the day that I had no cell phone. Most of the time it was absolutely great. Part of the time, it was a royal pain in the rear end! I am back to having a cell phone and cell phone number like most of the world, and I feel like a kid again, with her first cell phone!
I think back to growing up, way before cell phones and even before answering machines. Back to a time when we would make appointments with people and not have the ability to let them know via text or a phone call that we were running late. Not having a phone this past week on my teaching trip in Los Angeles was a challenge, but it also made me simply have to stick to a schedule. I didn’t feel like I had the option of running late or changing plans. So, in that way, not having a phone made things more straight forward.
In the 24 hours that I’ve had a working phone again, I’ve called my family and some friends and have definintely felt dissapointed by the fact that now that I have a number again, my phone isn’t ringing off the hook! As if now that I’m back in the game, everyone should be on their phone with me! Funny how the mind works.
I would encourage everyone to try this exerpiment of not having a number for a while. If you’re not up to that, I think most of us do need to try to discipline ourselves more with our phones and our time on line. It has definitely made me more focused as to what I truly need to get done, the time I have to do it in, and the level of importance that goes in to each phone call and text.
In other news, Tobin and I are preparing for an extended trip to Baja Mexico. We’re campers at heart, but aren’t really in to setting up a tent each night, sleeping on the ground, not taking showers regularly, etc. So, we haven't figured out the regular shower part yet, but we have discovered our tent situation. It basically “unfolds” in less that ten minutes, and then “folds” up in the same amount of time. Its nice that we don’t have to deal with crawling around on the ground to set up camp. As we started planning for this trip and it has unfolded more, we realized that having a little more space would be ideal. We recently purchased an enclosed trailer from a local man here in Denver. His company is Ruger Trailers (www.rugertrailers.com). He and his wife started this company just a few years ago once they realized the need for this kind of trailer that was made in the USA and affordable. Below are a couple of pics of the trailer and Tobin mounting the tent (when its closed up) on the roof of the trailer. I’ll keep you posted as to how the set up works.
We have a few intentions for this trip. One is to explore areas that we can hold retreats in. We’ve had a dream of doing retreats together for a long time. Ideally, mountain bike and yoga retreats. So, we need to go explore some more options and locations. Another intention for this trip is for Tobin to map and complete a mountain bike guide for Baja. With the rise in popularity of mountain biking, we’re surpised that there isn’t much info on biking Baja. Its an accessible location from the west coast of the US AND its safer than mainland to be traveling to. So, we’ll be biking a lot, he’ll be mapping the trails and beginning to put a book together. www.velomountain.com. Third, I’ll be using this time to write my manual (as I expressed in the previous blog).
While on this trip I’ll be traveling to teach my usual yoga travel schedule (see schedule page above), and we’ll hopefully be getting some surf time in as well (with thick wetsuits given the weather in February and March!)
Thanks for reading. Keep exploring!
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| Back of trailer before hitched with folded tent on top |
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| Trailer officially attached to "The Rumbler" |
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| Parked in Denver - thanks for understanding neighbors - we won't take up too much space for long! |
