On the Road Again

Adventure awaits; our coddiwomple continues

We’re striking out today.

Yesterday, Samwise, Emily, and I watched a handful of deer pause to appraise us before they trotted along a wash. After they passed from view, we continued to sit and gaze across the saguaros from our hillside perch. That’s when I knew—it was time to move on to the next chapter of our coddiwomple.

Tucson has been kind to us. We’ve relaxed here, felt at home in our rented casita, communed with the saguaro souls, and had no desire to move on before April 1. That is until something “Tookish” awakened within me. In that instant when the deer faded from sight, I instinctively knew our time in Arizona had as well. Hungry for the most anticipated leg of our trip, we’re leaving the state today.

“Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking stick.” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit