January 31,2009
To leave home initiates both joy at the upcoming event and the cutting of the Gordian Knot, even when one is in one's mid-sixties. Coming to the conclusion of a project is as painful and stressful as the labor of giving birth. Is this hardwired in some way, is it necessary, is it the human condition? We were a day late in take-off but that happens even at Cape Canaveral when the space shuttles are due to take off into the outer universe.
The long looked for sign of relief did not come until the second day out. Both the driver and the cyclist, who is just relaxing in the motorized truck until the scheduled take off date of February 3, 2009, need several days to recover. Recovery is an important component of the athlete's life style, for if the body is not given the luxury of time and nutrition to recover then the goal most likely will not be achieved.
On the road we have seen long burdened trains loaded with shipping containers which may be placed on trucks or ships later. Traveling by train consumes far less energy to ship items from point A to point B. In the nineteen fifties America had the finest rail system in the world and now in the twenty first century America lags behind the industrialized world with its antiquated and limited rail system.
The plans after leaving Farmington were to join up with a friend, Alex and Olvivia, in Gallup and have at least a half hour to visit but we sadly made the decision to keep to the road since we started a day late. Our first night was in the Painted Desert where the landscape displays many colours created by the mineral layers embedded in the geological formations. In Farmington also we have a continually changing kaleidoscope of colour but this comes from the sun's rays, changing minute to minute and season to season.
Our planning and preparation has already paid off. Now that we are on our third day out, life energy and joy are returning to the surface.
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