I'm Leaving on a jet plane....

I had to purchase it! The departure times are to good to be true!
My Itinerary:

Depart D.C. a little after 5:30 on Tuesday evening with a connection in Texas, then arrive in San Diego after 10:30 pm that night

THEN,

I am here (home) from Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday AND SUNDAY. But I leave Sunday evening a little bit before 10 p.m.!

YA! Five full days home, I can't wait.


Sorry this isn't a description of the last two days, all I have had is class yesterday mixed with two naps (I was exhausted from my weekend of climbing and hiking) and reading of the two outdoorsy books I have, A Journey North, by Adrienne Hall and Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer, to promote and stimulate my constant day dreaming of the fresh air, tall pines, and somber grass fields. When I went hiking Sunday to, what D.C. claims as a National Park known as Rock Creek, I finally had the chance to hear wildlife. I heard the quite hooting of an owl, perched on top of a branch above me. I was almost hypnotized in place, as if God had broken through a thick billow of clouds above to call my name.

I joined this Hiking group from the church I have been attending and this Friday night is their first meeting. We are going to get dinner and then go ice skating in preparation to get to know everyone for the following day's hiking venture. I am really excited, not just to hike local trails, but to meet people in the city with a common interest.

But I am beginning to realize I'm going to have to take advantage of living here at some point...I mean I still got three months here...

I did find this environmental film festival that will be in D.C. in March that I am looking forward to, considering most of the films are FREE! There is a film on the Appalachian Trail that I am looking forward too and one on the addiction to plastics. A lot of the films will be premieres as well.

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