I currently find myself sitting in an airport in Atlanta, GA for a couple hours so what better time to bust out an update on my life?! I am returning to Maine from a brief but nice weekend in Colorado for my mom’s wedding party. I caught my flight out of Denver at 6:10 this morning with just seconds to spare before they closed the doors. Yikes. Fortunately I made the flight with only minor inconveniences to my fellow passengers as I became “that person” arriving on the plane panting and sweaty from running. Then there was no overhead compartment room anywhere near my seat so my backpack and I were separated for the flight but hey, such is life. No big deal. So I got to Atlanta, and I’ve got a couple hours to kill while I wait for my flight into Portland.
It was nice to see the mountains again and hang out with family for a weekend. My flights to get into Denver on Friday were fairly uneventful with the exception of screaming babies and a hilarious pilot.
I now have two more weeks of camp in Maine which seems simultaneously to be a long and short amount of time. If you have ever had one of those moments in your life where you look at the situation you are in and marvel at how strange or funny it is and wonder how you got there, you know how I feel. On Thursday night of last week while on a camping trip with Wells Rec I was sitting in a campground in the middle of the Maine wilderness watching middle school kids lip sync to Journey and Miley Cyrus. It for some reason struck me as funny to be there at that moment. But it’s one more thing to say I’ve done and I am, of course, grateful for that. Last week involved a day of Frisbee golf on Tuesday and a camping trip in Bethel Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. I tried out my brand new tent while on the trip and I am relieved to announce that it is water proof! It’s a Columbia tent I bought from Amazon for a ridiculous deal so I was skeptical but so far it’s a pretty awesome tent. Sadly one of the poles has gotten bent already but obviously that’s what duct tape was made for and my requirements for a tent are fairly minimal at this point – basically just that whole water proof thing and maybe the ability to keep the bugs out too.
Speaking of outdoor gear, I had a monumental shopping trip in my life: I visited THE L. L. Bean store in Freeport, Maine! As you may know, L. L. Bean’s origins lie in Maine and me growing up looking at the catalogs I had to visit the real thing while in Maine. The store was quite overwhelmingly huge and I had fun wandering around looking at all the things they had and of course having my picture taken with the giant boot outside the front door!
This week at camp we get to have surfing lessons, go mini golfing and a trip to ‘Funtown’ a small amusement park in one of the nearby towns. Next week is the last week of camp and we’re going camping in the one and only Acadia National Park and visiting Bar Harbor! It should be awesome!
While visiting with family this weekend the inevitable question arose: what will you do after Maine? Sigh. Who knows. Well, the basic plan is to drive north into Canada, then west through the land of…maple syrup? And then back down to Colorado. My travels have not taken me to Canada yet, so as long as my car holds out I’d like to visit it for a few days on my way back west. Then I suppose the future holds the task of job hunting in Boulder for a good enough, but not “real” job so that I can earn and save enough money to fund future travel plans. Right now I hope those future travels take me to Europe, another large land mass I have yet to visit! I’m looking into cheaper ways to see such a huge and expensive place such as volunteer working my way around the various places I want to see (including but not exclusive to England, Ireland, Estonia, Italy, Germany, France, Scotland, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic)
In the meantime, though, I think I’ll wander around terminal C at the Atlanta airport and see what kind of overpriced food I can find to eat!
*peace*
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