If you lived in Santa Fe New Mexico at 7,000 feet you might be glad to spend time in Florida, even in the middle of a cold front:
I took Bruce and Celia for a quick tour of Bahia Honda State Park on an inadequately sunless day but they seemed to like it. I found the contrast between gunmetal waters, stippled skies and dark greenery quite invigorating, for a change, from the usual crisp bright sunshine:
Bahia Honda (deep bay in Spanish) is home to Blue Butterflies, which we are assured are hard to spot. Not least apparently because they are in fact brown in color:
You'd think they could assign the naming of butterflies to a biologist not afflicted with color blindness. Bahia Honda on a cold day is still a place to be enjoyed:
Personally I found the interior of Bruce's truck to be an excellent place to observe the outside world, with heating and everything. This was an opportunity for me to view my world not from the driver's seat, or the controls of my motorcycle but instead as a passenger in a visitor's vehicle. It was, for a Bonneville rider, quite a change.
Bruce and Celia enjoy life, as only two determined retirees can. They talk they laugh and they watch the scenery unfold alongside:
It's a leisurely way to travel. They took seven languid days to drive to Key West from Santa Fe and the pace didn't pick up while on Highway One:
The stories were good and I didn't spend too much time contemplating our lack of forward progress in a timely manner. It was quite enjoyable, but it was certainly odd, for one used to figuring out the fastest way forward:
I might have to try this again. Not being in a hurry. Weird.
I took Bruce and Celia for a quick tour of Bahia Honda State Park on an inadequately sunless day but they seemed to like it. I found the contrast between gunmetal waters, stippled skies and dark greenery quite invigorating, for a change, from the usual crisp bright sunshine:Bahia Honda (deep bay in Spanish) is home to Blue Butterflies, which we are assured are hard to spot. Not least apparently because they are in fact brown in color:You'd think they could assign the naming of butterflies to a biologist not afflicted with color blindness. Bahia Honda on a cold day is still a place to be enjoyed:Personally I found the interior of Bruce's truck to be an excellent place to observe the outside world, with heating and everything. This was an opportunity for me to view my world not from the driver's seat, or the controls of my motorcycle but instead as a passenger in a visitor's vehicle. It was, for a Bonneville rider, quite a change.Bruce and Celia enjoy life, as only two determined retirees can. They talk they laugh and they watch the scenery unfold alongside:It's a leisurely way to travel. They took seven languid days to drive to Key West from Santa Fe and the pace didn't pick up while on Highway One:The stories were good and I didn't spend too much time contemplating our lack of forward progress in a timely manner. It was quite enjoyable, but it was certainly odd, for one used to figuring out the fastest way forward:I might have to try this again. Not being in a hurry. Weird. 
4 comments:
I like Bruce and Celia's approach to life, although I am like you, it is hard to get out of the "I want it now" mode!
This is a good blog, thanks for sharing.
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I'm hopeless at drifting.
Nice, ah, to be retired.
I wonder how many campers were there during the cold front. In the winter it is almost impossible to get a spot, so I wonder if the cold runs them out.
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