Back again

I'm Back in San Diego for the Holiday season. I went back on the train, It wasn't as bad an experience as everyone had made it out to be. It was pretty neat to see all the different seasons change before my eyes even though it is November. I went from cold to 80 degrees here in California. I loved crossing the Rockies, I had this protective feeling about it, it was so beautiful that I felt I would scream if I saw a piece of trash anywhere...

Journal entry 11-14-08:

We passed through the Rockies this morning. Colorado was snowing especially when we hit Trinidad. It looked like powdered sugar dusted all over the earth. My first thought was to question if what I saw was white sand and then I noticed the flurries. 

We just hit New Mexico, it was as if the window switched channels. The sun appeared and the snow abruptly stopped. The mountains are flatter here. I see a few mesas, everything is yellow and tan. The only green that remains is a dark forest color. Combined with the clouds that stretch across the sky the land creates a horizon of opportunity and welcome, I can imagine that this is what the settlers saw once they made it over the worst of those mountain peaks.