Monthly Archives: August 2019

The Mountains Are Calling . . .

The mountains are calling and I must go.
—  John Muir  (paraphrasing)

The Red Cliffs of Durango

Sunday, August 15.  My road trip to the East Coast is over, and I’ve returned to the West, to the mountains and red cliffs of Durango.

Cynthia invited me to spend the rest of August in her guest cabin where I’ve spent many happy days over the past three years.  I accepted her invitation before she could get all the words out of her mouth.

I couldn’t have landed here at a better time.  Sunny days with temps in the low-mid 80s . . . nights in high 50s . . . low humidity (today it is 14%) . . . and just enough breeze to move the air around a bit. I’ve been hearing about the heat wave and storms passing through places I’ve just driven through — Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina — and I feel lucky to be here in this beautiful place.

Cynthia and Rey’s House in Durango

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Livin’ on Tulsa Time, Part 2

Well, you know I’ve been through it
When I set my watch back to it
Livin’ on Tulsa time

— Daniel Flowers

August 7:  After my nearly 7,000-mile road trip, I arrived back in Tulsa late Saturday afternoon after being caught in a rain storm near Sallisaw.  It was the only really bad weather I’ve had on the trip — and it wasn’t all that bad.

So now I’m back at Marlon and Jeri’s, where I always feel at home. They are fun and welcoming and their home is beautiful and filled with love. Annie can run free in the backyard, though she tends to stay close to me, and I don’t have to think about packing and loading the car for a few more days.

And Annie has a playmate:

Annie and her playmate Marlon

Marlon and I met Derek, Kelly and kids at Yokozuna for dinner on Saturday night. I had the same excellent grilled salmon as last time and a bite of Marlon’s Hot Mess sushi — and a got the same fortune cookie message  “Eat more, you’ll be harder to kidnap.”

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