Turn Right at Highway 40 and Keep Going Straight for Two Weeks

I have to admit Route 76 is so hip, so today, so NOW!

Route 66 is so yesterdays news. A faded recollection of past glory. It really is a wonderful reminder not to hold on to the past.

Here we are, just Standing on the corner in Winslow, Arizona

Here are a few lyrics from the famous Eagles song. Pretty appropriate for my take on this moment eh?

And such a fine sight to see
It’s a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford
Slowin’ down to take a look at me
Come on, baby, don’t say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love
Is gonna save me

We may lose, and we may win
Though we will never be here again
So open up, I’m climbin’ in
So take it easy

 

Taking in all that no longer IS and imagining what could be if we don’t hold on to the past. Standing smack dab in the past feels like the perfect metaphor for letting go of it. It doesn’t change the shiny, sexy aspects of what was, it simply brings to light what no longer is. 

I was in this part of the world, when I was 12 on my first travel experience of my life, which got me hooked on travel by the way. I accompanied my Mom’s friend and his new Bride on their Honeymoon so I could entertain his new wife’s teen age daughter. They wanted to take a month – long tour of the United States and needed someone to befriend her kid so voila, I got a first class trip. As a companion. I remember having lunch in Flagstaff. I ordered the most delicious shrimp salad. I know right??? Shrimp in Flagstaff but what did I know I was 12.  Doesn’t everyone remember what they had for lunch 59 years ago?

I also remember visiting The Petrified Forest and the Painted Desert. Today, I got to do it in the front seat with a whole lot more appreciation for nature and miracles.

 

Gotta hand it to Gaia she is quite a Gal.