I dream of traveling again. Places dance around in my head and entice me with little photo snapshots like newly printed postcards. Mountains and meadows like in the Alps or Canada.
Or, Australia's outback and coral reef.
Warm streams and red clay mud down in the South. I want to go into those photos. Figure out the exact spot where each was taken. Be there with my own camera and notebook. My own notes scrawled on a yellow legal pad.
"Sometime in the future", I always tell myself. Tonight I read about destinations taken by others who were so inspired that they wrote about their journey. It's like they talk to me as I quickly scan their words and feel their described escapades. I'm transported for the time being. Free travel. First class seat on my cozy couch on a cold wet night. Drink by my side with refills at my pleasure.
I imagine what outfit I would wear as I trudge in the footsteps of the author who has sore muscles.
I will read more about these great adventures others write about. Then I
will choose my destination and without hesitation, pack what I need and go!
You'll read about it some day. Then, like me, you will go!
Cathy Windham
1/2/14
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