Wandering

I have a strong dose of wandering in my blood and it struck this weekend. I started to feel it take over my brain as I sat on the couch watching Rob Lowe on the Oprah Show Thursday afternoon. I tried to silence the urge to get out of town with logic. It will cost money to go, I should stay here and work on my article I have been trying to write for ever and ever, I have an appointment to give blood in the morning. Finally, I convinced myself that I would just take a drive up to Park City, eat some good food, check out the outlets, and come home. I felt like that might at least pacify my desire.

I got in the car and pointed it north, but it just wasn't right. I needed to get out of town and find the sun. I turned the car around and went in the house and pulled out an overnight bag and added the following things to it...

1. tooth brush and tooth paste
2. PJ's
3. 1 pr. hiking pants
4. 1 hiking shirt
5. 1 pr. hiking shoes
6. 2 pr socks
7. 3 pr undies
8. 1 swim suit
9. make up
10. flip flops

and then I stopped and made a veggie shake for the road.

And then I was in the car, pointed south, headed to warmer temperatures, without a plan. It was exhilarating. Ah the places I could go! I drove for a long time and did a lot of thinking. When I looked up, I was in Fillmore and decided I needed to think of where I would be sleeping. I spent a night in Cedar City in a comfy bed and enjoyed all the Royal Wedding coverage I could stand over breakfast. Then I checked the temperatures. It was 10 degrees warmer in St. George, so I headed that way.

My time was not spent doing anything too exciting: a hike in Snow Canyon, laying out by the pool, dinner at Benja (my favorite sushi), and a cup cake from 25 and Main. After a while, I was ready to come home and be with people again.

While I was away, I kept thinking of this phrase from the Book of Mormon scripture 2 Nephi 2:26 "to act for themselves and not to be acted upon". I think it where I am headed in my life.

There are not a lot of exciting pictures to take when you are wandering alone, but here are a few I snapped.


Interesting tree from my hike in Snow Canyon


Sushi Bar at Benja



Lunch outside at 25 and Main. It was snowing in Provo.