The day started early in the morning as I kissed Silas goodbye in Albuquerque and headed on my way. Our day today began with an elderly woman early in the morning carrying a Netflix envelope home from her mailbox, and ended with the I-19 exit for Vicksburg Rd. Glorious bookends right there, folks. I'm sure I forgot/didn't do many things at Bandelier (get my volunteer pass, bookstore credit, and box name tag; obtain my NPS cowboy hat, find my headlamp in my car, bring Rebecca a tshirt and mug, check my mailbox, say goodbye to Shannon, Dennis, Tori, and many others, oh, and checkout of my house!--I bribed Maddy with cookies today but she suggested I send them to you, Beth). As Virginia said, my departure was like ripping off a Band-aid. I couldn't get myself to leave the house, where I was hanging out so comfortably with Beth and Gini and I eventually looked at my watch 15 minutes after I told myself I was going to leave. I stood up and said "see you guys later" and walked out to my car. Their rousing complaints lulled me back inside to give them hugs (2 each, and just kidding, that was all part of my plan, but I needed to somehow rip that band-aid off even if I did intend take the last little bit off carefully). Above is the photo of the beautious ("crazy-beautiful") moment that I texted many of you about---the rainbow over Black Mesa.
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