springs
we weren’t going to stop here in saratoga, wyoming–we were going to go all the way to riverside today–but once we turned south the wind was just awful and my knees have been bothering me besides. so we stopped in saratoga and treated ourselves to a motel room (the campground is way on the edge of town), watched pulp fiction on tv, and walked the couple blocks to the saratoga hot springs. it’s got two concrete pools: one warm, one hot hot HOT with an even hotter little pool at one end, defined by rocks around it, that’s theoretically 120 degrees or so… we didn’t even dip our toes in that bit. and then there’s hot water running right into the river that runs right by the pools, and they’ve got rocks and sandbags creating little pools right there in the river that are Perfect, and the sun set while we soaked and chatted with a contingent of kids and adults from a taekwondo camp down the road, milo from laramie, and rosemary and joe from boulder (who offered us a place to stay when we get there). so glad we stopped!
more later (it’s always “more later”)… ’cause we took a short day yesterday, we’ve got a long-ish day today, to walden, colorado, and we’re trying to leave early to beat the wind.
oh, wanted to say thanks to liz, mom, grampa and bami, and alice for the general delivery goodies and postcards in lander. much appreciated! if by chance you sent something and you’re not on that list, let me know; someone told me i can get things forwarded to another post office for free.
also, i remembered this:
I returned to stalking the wild universe.
Final question, if you please. How do I stop being afraid?
‘Know that there is no safety anywhere. There never was and there never will be. Stop looking for it. Live with a fierce intent to waste nothing of yourself or life.’
There was one final message.
‘Turn fear around. Its other face is excitement.’
(from PiHKAL)
repeat as needed.
yup, i am pretty excited, too.
