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| Carlsbad Caverns NP, New Mexico |
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| Alamogordo, New Mexico near White Sands NM |
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| Saguaro NP, Arizona |
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| Grand Canyon NP, Arizona |
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| Joshua Tree NP, California |
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| Salton Sea, California |
The most excellent and extravagant birthday presents I received today, I procured myself. No two things could have been superior to what was waiting for me at the end of a long, magnificent journey: the bravura of employment and a nice (not warm, but that’s okay) shower. Hallelujah!
I have learned lessons of vast enormity as an eager student in the discipline of getting up, getting out, and getting off the interstate. There’s much to be exclaimed about wrestling the back roads, surveying the seemingly trivial, microscopic towns and monitoring the local political sensitivities broadcasting through the radio speakers. To any of you who may feel uninspired, the time is NOW. Your future is forthwith! Acquire as many excuses as you can to sojourn with friends in faraway places, feast upon fruit from a stand on the side of the road, adventure through the Parks while thriving on the cheap. Delight in southwestern sunsets, only camp gratis, snuggle, snooze and snore under the stars. Truly experience America the Beautiful as well as maintain, breathe and subsist on the dream!
Gape at something other than your computer screen. Do something other than wonder. Become something you never fathomed you could be. The only limiting factor is you.
