(Sunset over Anchorage, hiking back from the mountain)Because life is short and unpredictable and you need to enjoy every little bit of it!!!
I am back to island life. That is, waking up at 6:00 in the morning, do some exercise, wear some flowering shirt, wear flip-flop, commute to work on my truckosaurous, do my work/chatting, changing the world, go home/shopping/visiting friends, read a book/write my blog/be artistic, make phone calls to off-island friends and family, go to bed before 10:00pm.
I am back to island life. Ready for this long 3 days working week, followed by a 4 days long weekend (Thursday is flag day, and Friday bridge). Mia is coming on Thursday!
As I am always traveling on budget, when I come back from a trip I always check how much I spent, to learn from mistake and be more careful next time. As I travel, I try just to enjoy being there!
This is what 3 days in
- Transportation: ~600 (car rental and gas)
- Food: ~800 (I ate nearly every day at restaurants!)
- Books and art works: ~200
- Presents for people I met on the way: ~80
- Presents for me (includes warm clothing and technical hiking gear): ~300
- Fun activities: ~150
Although, these are what I returned with:
- A weekend in
- Kayaking above the San Andres fault: priceless
- Meeting the clan of the chemistry cave bear: priceless
- Being the tannest person in the room: priceless ;)
- Going mushing with 11 super trained dogs: priceless
- Going mushing with my own dog team: priceless
- Seeing a grizzly foot print in the fresh snow and getting safe to the cabin in the middle of nowhere before dark and without being eaten: priceless
- Drinking hot chocolate in a warm cabin when outside is incredibly cold: priceless
- Soaking in a hot spring when 2 Japaneses, 1 Spanish, Dave and a very interesting girl from
- Seeing the Northern light: priceless
- Going on a bush plane for a whole day and trying to land on (not so) frozen river: priceless
- Looking up, opening the mouth and letting snowflakes falling in it: priceless
- Hiking on top of a mountain on fresh snow and saying the greatest sunset over
- Food, food, food, food…: priceless
- Long chats with SnowDave: priceless ;)
- Going to
- Sleeping with Suka: priceless ;)
- A weekend in
- Dancing salsa as I have not done for a while: priceless
- Laughing, hugging, being with friends: priceless
1 comment:
Barbara!! eres la mejor, cuanto te echo de menos!! que gas tengo de verte! pasalo bien con tu prima...dale recuerdos de mi parte! y igual nos vemos en Oregon en junio!!
besosss
Maria Jose
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