I Dig It!

Published Sunday, March 30, 2008 by Dan Gainsford | E-mail this post

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It’s been a long cold winter buried in snow up in the a-frame, but now spring has broken and it’s time to move on. Veronica has been mostly stationary this whole time and I’ve been traveling around with Jeff to capture footage, go snowshoeing and enjoy the winter wonderland that is the Colorado Rockies.

As a result of her stationary position all winter I know find Veronica buried in two feet of powder. So it’s time to dig her out and fire her up in order to head on down to Denver. I was down in Denver a couple of days ago and spring was in full bloom, the storey is a little different at 9000ft.

I’m sad to leave this place, but at the same time there seems to be an excitement brewing in both Moses and I to hit the road. I look forward to the desert heat and the footage I’m yet to capture. I look forward to meeting new people and to the medicines they have to share. Whenever I leave a place it feels as though the journey has only just begun.

It’s also important for me to share the fact that there’s been a deep hesitation brewing in me about heading south. The part of me that wants to go home and build my farm is speaking louder than ever before. It’s part of the process I guess, but this knowledge doesn’t make it any easier to cope with. I know I won’t turn back, so the thoughts and anxieties are futile. My refusal to turn back isn’t due to stubbornness but more a spiritual commitment I’ve made to reach the south. I know if I turn back I’ll spend the rest of my life wandering and wondering not a whole or complete man. I want more than anything to feel whole and more than anything in my life thus far, this journey gives me that feeling above all else. Even on the hard days.

peace,
d

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