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3.02.03 Day Seven
Ring ring ring…the room phone is buzzing. In my hazy sleep I am thinking it is the wake-up call. Dee will get it. Five minutes later….ring ring ring. QUIET! I am trying to sleep. Wake-up calls are fed into an auto-dialer, you don't need to say hello, you can just pick it up and it will stop, if you don't it calls again five minutes later, forever. My cell goes off. OMG! STOP! Finally Dee picks up the third try…Wait! Wait! I can hear someone shouting. It is Thom. Oops forgot.
Here. He hands the phone to me.
Thom is jumping out of his rhinoceros skin. He is all electric. Stay with me. I have a big bed all ready for you. It can be pulled apart to make two twins. Fresh sheets. I just cleaned my place. C'mon say yes. There are places I want to take you. Say yes.
Yes.
Okay! I'll come there and you can follow me home. K. We'll call when ready.
Pow! That's Thom. Haha!
Dee and I crawl out of bed, shower and get dressed Rocky-Mountain style. Just as I go to call Thom my phone rings. It is CeCe. She says everything is okay. Then she adds, you are in the paper today. She reads the entire article to me. I am hopping!
…just a minute. I am struggling to write this. With the possibility of war just hours away I feel like celebrating my trip is a bit myopic. Since I returned I have been glued to CNN. I want to hear the soldiers, the people of Iraq, and even the president. It is important that I stay informed. So I will come back to this another brighter time. A blistering ray of hope does exist. Elizabeth Smart is alive and well. It is a miracle we can all hang onto when senseless death may be happening at our hands. Later…
Notes: Silver grill…trout and eggs..heuvos rancheros Town pump Colors in Thom's mountain Mr. Thom teaches Silver Bar Rio…recipe for queso del mar Green chili soup Bar with maps and concrete floor Old town window crash
Word for the Day: Margaritaville
End Destination: Fort Collins, CO
Total Miles: 0
