I am sitting at my desk enjoying my morning cup of coffee with a grin that will not go away. I had one of the funnest nights of my life last night and I was asleep by 10:45.
I had to work until seven or so and then Jayke, our buddy Rick, and I planned to go bahahing (technical term) in Rick's old jeep. He said he bought it his senior year of high school and five miles down the road the transmission went out. (Rick is the high school shop teacher at our local school and I am quickly beginning to think there is nothing he can't fix.)
So this jeep is amazing it is the kind with no doors and no roof and a fair amount of rust. Perfect. Set off on our adventure through general andrews park and worked out way to Sturgeon Lake accepting any mud that came our way. At one part a hunk of mud seemed to have fell from the sky and landed smack on my left arm where of course I left it because it is part of the glory. We wound our way around trails I would never have known existed and I have lived here all my life. These are also trails you could barely fit a four wheeler down much less a jeep. It was like being on safari in a jungle so near to my house I could just about slap myself that I had never seen it. However at one point (being directionally challenged the way I am) I did ask if he was driving us out to the middle of nowhere to leave us for dead. I just thought I would clear the air.
Something or should I say lots of things about Rick remind me of my brother. Poor guy not only have I forced him to watch my 20minute family video, there is something about his patience, and good heartedness that make me feel like I am back hanging out with Mike. Then there are nights like last night when I feel so alive and whole that make me think he sent this. I don't want to freak anyone out but if you believe in coincidence I think you're missing out. Coincidence makes you miss what's behind it, what's deeper. When you get in your car and a song comes on that takes you back somewhere. I don't think that is coincidence I think it is someone's way of making you come back.
The fireflies were out in force. It looked like God sent some fairy lights to light up the night. At one point we had about ten of them lighting up the windshield. I tried to take a picture with my phone but flash on was too bright, flash off was too dark. So I determined that I would just have to remember what it looked like without a photocopy.
We wound around all the way back to Askov, where we stopped for supper the boys had garbage burgers (picture everything in your fridge on one burger) and I had an enormous philly burger. We played a round of bingo and hit the road. The wind on my arm as I held it out the side of the jeep with the sun setting behind it made me so content. Turns out you don't need to buy a $10,000 dollar side by side to enjoy nature. You just need a pal with an old jeep and a spirit for adventure. Not even kidding.
"Cherish your vision; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind. The loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts. If you remain true to them your world will at least be built." -James Allen
"I never want to have to much. I always want to be able to get excited over little things, because in the end it's the little things that mean the most."
-me 7-29-98 16years and 16days. :)
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