Daily Archives: February 22, 2011

The trek was prov­ing harder than I thought. The ground was a vis­cous mud that held tightly to my shoes, stretch­ing with me and pulling me back. The air was thick, so thick it also was keep­ing me from mov­ing for­ward almost as much as the mud. Don’t get me wrong, I could make for­ward progress, it was just a lot of work for very lit­tle gain.

The light was wan­ing, and time was get­ting late, so when the Magic Bus showed up, I hopped right on. I was in the front row, and had a great view out the huge win­dows. The bus filled up and we started to move; I felt sorry for the peo­ple we were pass­ing, that had to trudge through the mud. Con­tinue read­ing →