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\nHome safe and sound<\/a><\/p>\n

Originally uploaded by angrypirate<\/a>.
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Since I spoke to you last, I ended up on a very crazy long hike up and
\ndown mountains. I hiked up and back down two mountains too many. I was
\nso far away from my destination that when I finally ran into someone,
\ntheir eyes bugged out when I told them where I was trying to go. Sadly,
\nthat wasn’t the only mistake I made, I then traversed a second extra
\nmountain and found someone who once again gave me bug eyes. She said
\n“you came all the way from citou???” I replied, I started in
\ncaunes-minervois, walked the road to citou, walked the ridge to over
\nthat way, then across to here, and now hopefully I will return to
\ncaunes-minervois. She kept asking if I was sure I was ok to walk. I
\nlooked a little peaked. She told me to find the girls on the moped to
\ngive me a ride back. I’d seen those girls earlier, crazy moped driving
\nteenagers. I wasn’t sure I could stomach it. Turns out I never ran into
\nthem again anyway so the choice was not mine to make.<\/p>\n

I make this long walk sound a little negative and I don’t mean to. Truth
\nis, I love getting lost to the point, you worry about never coming home,
\nyou start to think about how horrible it would be to sleep on the cold
\nhard ground with all the bugs and spiders and scorpions in nothing but a
\nt-shirt and shorts. And then, you find your way. The sun is still in the
\nsky, there is food and wine waiting for you, and a cold dip in the pool
\nto help heal your achy muscles, and a comfy chair to rest your feat in.
\nThe jubilation in knowing that you are home free, that all the pains are
\nnot so bad after all, and that you accomplished something pretty big,
\nmaybe I got close to the length of a marathon. Most people never go
\nthis far in one day, in their whole lives. it’s an overwhelming feeling.
\nOnce I got back to the road, I started singing even louder than I had
\nbeen. Ok, you can probably tell that I’m still really loopy and have
\npain de champignone and veggie cassoulette to eat.<\/p>\n

Well, ok, one more story. On my second wrong turn, I saw something
\nhopping in the road. I thought, what is that? A frog? Then a violent
\nthrashing. I walked up and discovered it was a snake attacking a baby
\nbird. I got photos and will share at a later date. I should have taken
\nit as a sign from my spirit guide. If you go down this road, nature will
\ngobble you up like a fallen baby bird, because that’s exactly what I
\nfelt like when I had to climb back up that mountain.<\/p>\n

And I thought, some people are addicted to adrenaline, I seem to be
\naddicted to exhaustion. Good night.
\n–alanna
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