dokodemo

As I arrived, Tara acted as if she knew me, which didn't seem to make much sense. I speculated she might have seen some of the photos from my trip, but then a wave of realization occured; this is Tara who was a friend of mine from college in Maryland 10 years ago. When I moved away to Missoula, Montana, she moved to New Mexico. We ended up slowly losing touch with each other, but I always wondered what she was up to. It was especially timely since I had just been in New Mexico and had casue to remember her. We had a great time catching up and reconnecting.

Marshall took me to a local hiking spot "Strawberry Rock". This is an enormous boulder (perhaps 3 stories in height) which is itself on top of a tall hill. We met a couple of friends and took Amigo the dog up there. Scrambling a little to the top, the wind was pretty intense and my fear of heights was in full swing. It was well worth it though, the view was simply incredible.

We spent the afternoon looking at the waves and surfers, and exploring the land which Marshall's friends had just purchased.

Later in the evening we went to hear a ukelele player, but it turned out he was actually drumming for a Dead cover band, Papa Bear. They were surprisingly good, and the most amazing part was that even with a PA system and guitar amps, we were able to have a conversation over the music. No smoking in bars and reasonable volume at shows, what radical concepts.

The next morning was surprisingly cold, my thermometer said 29 degress and there was frost on the vehicles. We walked around Eureka, looked at the ships, and had a great brunch with some mimosas.

I want to move there, now I just have to figure out what kind of work I can do.