Travels and Challenges

It took a lot of persistence, or maybe it's just plain stubbornness, which I have, on occasion been said to have, but I finally broke through on my writing and my journal pages are being filled again. Thank God for that. Now I'm not so grumpy that I can't stand myself. I felt so damn disconnected there for a while.

In the busyness of things and the holiday season the writing is what suffered and when that suffers everything else does. I got really bogged down in the "no job gotta bring in an income" thing and "how am I going to get my business off the ground and make a go of it" fear. With all of that stuff spinning around in my head I got disconnected from my soul and lost touch with the trust thing I've been working on.

I know darn well the only way to get back on track is to get back to writing but for some odd reason it`s when I need it the most that I run the bigger circles around it. This time I had to force myself to go to the page. I committed to doing morning pages again. Three pages the minute I wake up come hell or high water. Saves me every time.

My journal, gold pen beside it, my back scratcher (handy gadget), the book Finding Your Way Home by Melody Beattie, the book Floor Sample by Julia Cameron, a guided meditation CD, and some Willow Tree statue Christmas presents.

Andree and I set out for Revelstoke last Sunday. My daughter Jody and her husband Ryan were there to do some snowboarding so we decided to make the trek up there and spend the day with them. It was a blast! Not that we did anything that spectacular but just the fact of being out on a road trip is enough to get our gypsy blood boiling.

We drove there on some of the worst winter roads and in a blinding snow storm part of the way yet we enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. Travelling through the mountains in that winter wonderland just blew us away (pun intended).

It was so majestic and beautiful that words and pictures couldn't do it justice. Andree asked me once or twice how I was doing and if I was nervous driving since the roads were nasty and I said, “hell no.” “I’m too busy enjoying myself. Are you nervous?” To which she answered. “Haven’t even thought about it. I’m too busy enjoying myself too.”





A lot of people think we’re nuts. Maybe so. But it’s part of what keeps life interesting sometimes and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.



Besides, how could one not love such absolute beauty! It’s like being warm and cozy snuggled in a blanket of snow.

This is the hotel where they were staying. We had to drive through tunnels of snow to find it.


So while we were there. We decided to go spend the afternoon at the recreation center where they have a huge salt water pool, another warmer pool with a tunnel with a current so you can just relax and let the water take you away down the stream. Plus there’s a hot tub you can stand in and as tall as I am, I had water up to my boobs. That's a fair size for a hot tub.

Oh, and in the deep pool there’s this rock climbing wall that leans forward and someone dared me to climb it. Well, you know me with dares. I can’t leave them alone.

And Andree said, “If you climb the wall, I’ll jump off the edge into the pool.” Now here’s the thing. Andree, even if she’s like a cork that bobs around in the water, has never “jumped” into the water because of her huge fear of falling. So I was up that wall in no time flat. And by golly, she did it. It took a little convincing and coaxing but she jumped. Unfortunately I don’t have a picture to share but it was captured on video. Ah, yes, life is never boring.

With those two “fais accomplis” we headed out for lunch in a quaint little cafe situated in a turn of the century old brick house.

Here’s a picture taken from on top of the mountain where the ski hill is. We didn’t go up there but this is a picture my daughter took. Isn’t it a beauty?

We even got to do a little reading in our books on our return trip home as we had to wait in our car while road crews cleaned up an avalanche so we got back home a little later then we figured but man did we have a good time.