Thoughts on Travel

Driving from Aspen to Estes Park turned out to be a high-wire act.

The first 30% was pure joy - the winding roads through snow mountains are unbelievably scenic. Aspens in the spring are gorgeous! The little green leaves are so lavish, so bright. Shining through sunlight brings renewed freshness to the world!

The next 30% was nothing but pure danger. Weather conditions in mountains are very unpredictable - just like a little kid, full of randomness! 

Part of Highway 70 is a winding road. All of a sudden, heavy raindrops started beating my windshield. Cars and trucks were all in panic mode - some trying to changes lanes; some trying to slow down and some trying to rush ahead of other cars - pure chaos!

Then, I saw white stuff all over the highway - on the sides, between lanes, everywhere - a lot! Initially I thought, maybe, just maybe, a truck accidentally unloaded all the salt on the highway. But the stuff stretched out for about 2 miles - then I realized it was hail - a very heavy hailstorm occurred right before my car got there!

It was so crazy, so dangerous, I had to turn on my emergency tail-lights attempting to avoid other cars smashing onto me…

The remaining drive was calm...

Human being’s adaptability is unmeasurable. They can literally switch seamlessly from pure joy to pure panic to pure calmness during one event. To me, it’s all part of the human experience. When traveling, everything is super condensed - like a double espresso in 1 shot! That's why we travel - to experience!!