11.29.05
Santa Fe: The RT Remixed
Wednesday morning, Ashley and I hit the road again. Undaunted by our now-infamous adventures last summer, we embarked on another exciting endeavour. This time we left a mere fifteen minutes after our intended time of departure. And drove straight through. Sixteen hours later, we rolled in.
While our parents, siblings, and pets slept unawares, we sneaked into our homes and fell asleep. Thanksgiving morning, I called my mother.
“Hi, Hon.”
“Hi Mom, happy Thanksgiving.”
“You too. Are you still going to Jen’s?”
“Yeah.”
“What time are they eating?”
“11:30ish.”
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“Sorry I couldn’t fly out for Thanksgiving. I know you really wanted to see me, but tickets were so expensive and Christmas break is in a couple of weeks. It just didn’t seem worth it. Plus I didn’t want to ditch Ashley.”
“It’s okay, as long as you’re okay with it.”
“Even though I couldn’t fly out, I did the next best thing. Go look in my room.”
She was quite surprised to see me sitting there. It was really nice to be home.
Sunday morning we headed back, bearing south to avoid some weather in the mountains. Apparently we just missed Andrew as we passed through Santa Fe on I-25. Or maybe he was right behind us as we listened to Serenity on my car’s CD player. Aside from some traffic in Gallup, NM, the return trip went without a hitch. Praise God.