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Ok this post is going to be random, but its all the explanations of all the pics that are being posted with this.  The first few pics are of the cabin that we are sleeping in and the surrounding area. It’s what i wake up to in the morning. The others are all the animals that just walk around, they do not care about people at all, ranging from Elk to Deer, to wild Goats. It’s all so cool you could just walk up and pet them, if they did not stand in the middle of the road and block your vehicle. The last few pics of the large cliff is what Tom and i climbed today, it was so amazing but a little windy. Ill write more about it at a later date.

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So the adventure has begun. We left my house on Friday the 16th around one o clock. We just drove,  setting our course into the sunset.  I have been on many road trips out to Ohio before this, but after reaching Ohio at about 12 midnight I came to the realization that this was really going to be a haul. I drove off and on from about 6 pm to 5 am. Tom and Kristen had the two night shifts. At 5 am I awoke feeling the truck slowing down, I looked over to see Tom tired and ready to get some good sleep. We had made a plan to switch drivers every time we need to get gas, which is about every 6 hours. As we pulled into the gas station it was just starting to get light out and people were just starting to awake.

We had packed the car in a way that would allow someone to sleep in the back if he or she so desired. After the long night Tom chose to sleep in the back and get some good quality rest. We filled the gas tank, repacked a few things, grabbed something small to eat and with me behind the wheel, we were on our way. It was just kristen and me in the cab and tom was sleeping in the bed of the truck, as we pulled onto the highway the sun was just starting to rise. I could not see it that well but Kristen has a good view point. Using her keen eye she snatched up my camera and snapped off some very good photos of the sun rise.

I don’t think she slept much during that night because after she took the photos she passed out in the passenger seat like she was in her bed at home. Now it was just me listening to my headphones rocking out while the rest of my party was off dreaming. Last night before I fell asleep I got a chance to finish the book that mike had lent me “Deep survival” by Laurence Gonzales. This was a really good read for me, this book is about how people get unlucky and still manage to make the right choices and why they did and how they came out alive. It is about how the mind is the most important part of survival. As I sat in my truck getting ready to embark into the wild of the rockies I knew that I was ready for it. So here we go….. And with that I leave you with a quote from “Deep Survival”

“[Survivors] know safety is an illusion and being obsessed with safety is a sickness. They have a frank relationship with risk, which is the essence of life”.

Time to experience life……..