Maiden Voyage of The Beaver Boat on the Animas River
Insight ~ The capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of a person or thing.
Hello fellow Life Travelers. It seems like an eternity since I last shared with you anything about our G.A.S Station Journeys. I’ve recently harbored feelings of guilt for not writing my blogs. Our thoughts, sometimes referred to as, “the voices in our head”, biochemically assist in creating the feelings we experience. Guilt is a mask the ego uses to disguise the real feelings and insights that reveal themselves when life doesn’t unfold the way we think it should. And so, it is not out of guilt but rather gratitude that I share my journey through words with you. Inspiration is my fuel for the soul and the stories I share is the G.A.S. I offer you. I have come to believe it is not the stories I share so much as how I show up in the world when I encounter others and especially when no one is around to witness my actions that influence my experience. If how I show up in the world doesn’t align with what I write, then I’m just another blogger guy full of shit behind his mask. So, my invitation to you is set your mask aside for a moment and see what reveals itself. If what comes to you as a serendipitous and joyous surprise, then you’re on the right path. Every day I meet interesting people doing amazing things. If I indulged myself with guilt, I could become depressed for not sharing all their stories, products and or services they offer in my blog. Instead I choose to be content with creating my dreams, one thought, one word, and one Chair at a time without attachments and expectations of how I think it should unfold. If I spend my time crafting words intending to change the way you think because I care, that’s one thing. If I write because I want to get rich, persuade or change your beliefs, gain influence and power, then that’s another thing. Neither is good or bad, it is just the awareness in which one chooses to wear or discard the mask that attracts or repels. Yesterday Josie and I enjoyed time on, in or near the water in Durango, Colorado for the 35th Annual Animas River Days Festival. Before making my maiden voyage down the Animas River on the Beaver Boat, we visited Santa Rita Park where the main events took place. Several vendors were set up along the river and the one that inspired me most was the La Plata Open Space Conservancy (LPOSC). They assist land owners on how to set up a conservation easement (CE) and educate the public about how CE’s benefit the community by creating public corridors through private land enhancing our quality of life. Perhaps the most important aspect is that it helps to conserve critical watersheds and protects wildlife habitat while keeping family farms and ranches intact for generations to come. The day began with kayak competitions, raft slalom, freestyle kayaking and much more. It ended with a few adventurous and enthusiastic people dressed in costume riding in or on various floating creations through the whitewater course. Our favorite was a life sized blow-up camel ridden by a brave couple. They tumbled over the first set of staircase rapids landing on the rocks but appeared unharmed. They remounted the inflated beast and proceeded, I imagine to all the spectators surprise to pass through the main rapid as if it were a slide made of silk cloth while remaining seated upon the camel’s back.
Nature's G.A.S. Station 