We made it out of Utah today and are at the Wahweap campground at Lake Powell. It's early March so there isn't anyone here, it's actually really nice. We walked down to the water with Sid and the kids and dipped our toes in the water and of course the Lake Powell mud. I am not sure the last time I was here. I have driven by once or twice for work in the last few years, but I think it was 15 years or more since I was down here with a boat. It's crazy how fast time passes when you aren't paying attention. I was telling Sarah and the kids about all the trips I made down here with my family as a kid and Sarah asked how many weeks out of the year we traveled as a kid. It's an interesting question because in my mind we were always visiting cool and exciting places, but I can't imagine we were gone all that often. I think there were a lot more long weekends then anything.
I didn't really realize how lucky I was as a kid to go everywhere my parents took me and my sisters. It must have been an incredible amount of work taking 4 kids anywhere and the cost seems just crazy.
Sarah didn't have the chance to see as many places as I did growing up. Add that to the list of things that divorce takes from a family. Holidays, vacations are all taken up transferring kids between homes instead of seeing the world.
I'm trying to make this blog more then just a travel log. You can get the jist of where we are through the photos on Instagram. What I hope to use this for is the things we talk about and learn along the way.
Tom Mccollum called me yesterday as I was getting ready to go for a bike ride. I hadn't talked to him in such a long time it was awesome to get a phone call from him. Of course when you start a conversation with your interventionist you inevitably begin with "I'm still clean and sober." He asked me a question that really gets to the heart of being sober. He said "ya, but are you happy?"
If I could draw a graph with happiness on the y axis and time on the x axis the graph would have a steady uphill slant for the first 2-4 years then a long plateau with a big spike over the last 2 years.
The last two years I feel like I have really become the man that I have always wanted to be. I'm more patient and understanding, at least I hope I am. And I finally feel confident enough in myself to be as outgoing as I always wanted to be. I owe a lot of that to my amazing wife. I also owe it to my kids, I really want to show them that life is exciting and there are so many opportunities out there but we have to be willing to say yes to try them.
Anyways, it's getting late, we are getting up a bit early tomorrow to go see antelope canyon. Adios.
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