We drove through Rocky Mountain National Park to get to Boulder from Steamboat and took the Trail Ridge Road, not really knowing what we were getting into. To make a long story short we drove the longest, thinnest, highest, with the longest cliffs road I've been on, in a rainstorm, during the height of tourist season, pulling a trailer. NOT A GOOD IDEA. It took a lot of concentration to make this drive, I was exhausted when we got to Boulder.
We saw it all, everything everyone raves about. The views are spectacular when you are driving on a road at 12,000 feet in altitude. There were lots of elk roaming around, yup. And Colorado is beautiful, no two ways about it. Just wouldn't do it again with a trailer in the rain.
We've got lots of people in our world going on and on about this and that 24/7. Perhaps this blog is part of that chatter. What does it really matter what I do, where I go or what I see? The Industrial Revolution gives way to the Information Age which gives way to the Chattering Chatter Age. Blah, blah, blah about whatever blows in front of your nose; with all the analysis and in-depth consideration of "breaking news." There's no context, just action. The latest, up-to-the-minute, last thing you saw or thought. Not the best, just the absolute latest. Only now.
A billion little personal worlds; each complete, chirping like baby birds in a nest hungry for the next meal of attention to be brought to them.
Meanwhile, an archaic, superstitious labyrinth of drug laws leaves our country vulnerable and suffering. Rather than deal with drugs as a personal issue, we make it criminal and lock up our brothers and sisters while giving criminals premium dollars to produce and deliver the drugs illicitly. The drugs you get from your doctor that are legal addict and kill, putting even law abiding citizens unwittingly in their graves and prison.
Tough on crime? More like tough on the vulnerable, the easiest to catch, the user. Handing more and more money to more and more cops and prison guards means there is more and more money in illegal drugs for everyone on both sides of the fence. You want to be tough on crime, make drug use legal. Don't make it smart or appropriate, just legal. Picking your nose is legal, but I don't see everyone rushing to do it, just guys in their cars at stop lights.
You want to get high? Drive the Trail Ridge Road, it will blow your mind for $20.
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