Desert Trip

Sept. 3, 2010, Friday night:
It is beautiful in the desert at night. Especially on the road to Elko, Nevada, where the stars are so big and bright that they resonate with magnificent energy throughout the very dark night. We enjoyed a wonderful drive through the Skull Valley of Utah, stopping to visit with Paul on his job at Dugway where he was working at the front gate in his uniform with gun at his side. He was surprised to see us and seemed pleased,and we were extremely pleased to see him. We listened to Grady's latest music he has written and it suited the trip perfectly--music from the future and it felt like we were in a flying saucer or hovercraft, speeding through the night with his music as the evening's theme. Purple flowers mixed with the little golden sunflowers along the roadsides until darkness overwhelmed us. We saw deer and antelope playing beside us, and at the beginning of the trip we took the new Pioneer Parkway to Saratoga Springs in an effort to avoid holiday traffic and it worked. A cat crossed numerous lanes of traffic on this parkway and survived. A pioneer cat we decided. A good omen for a weekend away from the heat of the city and the work of the world.