Heading North

Todays journey was by far the most sentimental, although it was also the most fun. We managed to cram so much stuff in to our day, it feels like its been a week since we were leaving las vegas. One of the many many many benefits of our unplanned stop at the Days Inn in Vegas, was its adjacent proximity to the flea Market. We were super ultra lazy the night before so we were up early to score free motel breakfast. After breakfast we went to the muddy field next door to the flea market. Because of the rain the night before, the morning after mud and the general “land of manana” vibe, not many vendors were setting up, but while perusing what was there, we ran in to a friend of Tiger’s father. We asked him to mail the treats we had already accumulated back to Houston, and he obliged. It’s a good thing, too, because we didn’t pass a single post office in our travels that had the computer in the lobby for mailing things on Sunday. In fact, most places we went, I did notice that the post office had been upgraded from being in someone’s home, or the local general store, to having it own structure.
The storms we had gotten caught in died out shortly before dark, so the morning was overcast and soggy as we made our way north. There was no sun in the low country to warm us, but we pressed on. Storrie Lake, which had looked like a hurricane scene the afternoon before had returned to its peaceful level, we posed for pictures by the mile market while a lone man fished undisturbed on the rocky shore below.
As we headed northward again, my childhood sense of direction failed me in the most basic of ways. I was amazed at how quickly we were in Mora, and how little had changed. When my grandparents had their ranch, and I spent my summers there from ages 3 to 12 a drive to the Allsups in Mora was a big deal adventure. Now as a grown up, on a motorcycle, the trip up from Vegas, and the trip from Mora to the ranch road was quick 10 or 12 miles, perhaps it was the anticipation of seeing my pony in those early years that made the trip seem so unbearably long.