charting a course

well, i have thought about it and tomorrow morning i will leave the grand canyon. tonight i did my laundry and took another shower, as i am unsure when the next one will come. after that / while my laundry was drying, i sat out in a parking lot with my chair and cooked some food int he back of my truck, then listened to shicky gnarowitz as people trundled about. it was very pleasing.

clean, clothes and body, i made the decision to leave and had a long look at the map to plan my next move, chart a course, find some direction. i am going to head east on highway 64 through grand canyon national park and exit the east entrance, catching a few more sights along the way. as i leave i am going to upgrade my pass to a year long pass to all the national parks. i can apply the $25 i have already paid to the $80 pass. i think it will be worth it.

i will head toward highway 160 and continue taking that east. i will stop at the four corners monument and stand in four different states at one time. then i will continue north east toward mesa verde national park and stop there for a bit. then i will continue east to durnago. and that is the extent of the plan. once i get to durango i will consult my map again and face some tough questions.

the hardest thing will be to figure out to head north or east. if i head north from durango i will head toward boulder and continue from there south into texas. if i head east from durango i will chart a course for colorado springs and head north from there.

this matters because of the course i will chart from there. if i head south into texas that puts me in a huge state with a number of places to visit and wide open space with no clear direction. if i head east toward indiana i have a bunch of people to visit and will slow down dramatically as i get closer. choices. this country is large.