The Happenings in 2010

Hey as stated earlier though old age is creeping up on me there is still a fire for adventure and fun in me that needs assuaging! To that end I have used my new toy the earlier mentioned R1200GS (aka the Stinger) to explore new roads and some that my "Blue Flash" aka K1200GT would have had a rough time handling. Tackling those primitive back roads was nothing if not addictive and leaves me with a whole new Arizona & who knows what else to explore.
Add Mom's and my adventure drives and hikes in the Chiricahua Mountains in our trusty ICE Bear and a wonderful stay at the Sunglow ranch, mix in adventure and great dinners with all of our Tucson family (led by the Great Maxini), a visit by our Hawaiians here in Dana Point where Megan and Rachel lit up our days, one could say that would be a full first half of the year but alas.....




The Ancient one needed one more adventure, so he with a trusty band of Canyon Crazies took off for Utah and a canoeing/camping and hiking trip down Stillwater Canyon of the Green River all the way to the Colorado!
What a wonderful experience to glide down this canyon surrounded only by unbelievable nature and good friends. I was transported back to my youth ( although my bones and muscles told a different story) enjoying God's creation.
Sitting by the river at night watching stars so clear and close that you felt as if you could touch them, hearing the sounds of the lazily flowing river and the songs provided by our friends, human and birds alike made me think about an old German saying:
"Warum in die Ferne Schweifen, wenn das Gute liegt so nah!"
Why do you have to go afar, when so much beauty is so close!
I may never see some of the other continents but our own country has so much to offer and to enjoy that it would take lifetimes to see and appreciate it all!

One more little philosophical thought as ramble on:
The rocks we were looking at were billions of years old at river level and they were covered by layers created by earth movements, shallow and deep oceans vulcanic activity and alike. What makes us, the human race think, we are so important? Imagine if by our human stupidity we render the earth uninhabitable for a thousand years or more, Earth and the universe will continue evolve as in eons past and we humanity will be just a fraction of an inch of layered rock barely visible by whoever comes after us!

Anyway we are now back in Dana Point enjoying civilization good food and friends and looking forward to adventures and fun things to happen!

Note:
It has almost been 4 years now since I RETIRED and I can honestly say that there has not been a day that I missed my job. I only wonder how I ever found time to work at all for those 37 years of schedules quotas and 4 door sedans!