Travel Day Thoughts

For better or worse, as close as we get to setting the scene around here, is using words to frame a story. We don't do much of the typical social media posing, and nothing is staged, as Samwise proves in the above video. Occasionally, I'll ask Sam and Emi, "Hey, can you please come here so I can take your photo?" That's about as organized as it gets.

I prefer to go the natural route, allowing Samwise and Emily to do their own thing. I have my phone ready if I'm on top of my game. If not, oh well…

Here's the comic backstory to this short film.

First, let me say that Sam has probably effortlessly crossed 1,000 streams in the seven years we've been together. 

This lovely setting has my heart because it's rare to see running water in the desert. We cross it twice on our daily loop, and I smile, knowing it's the first we've encountered since leaving Moab six weeks ago. Whenever we come upon it, I think of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's line from The Little Prince, "’What makes the desert beautif…