Andes Mountains

Yesterday sad day.  Heart-tug goodbyes, reflection on adventures past.

Heading home, BRAND NEW DAY.  Colorado HOME.  Rockies blurred in snow; Hecla iced-in, Canada geese wintering on its water-exposed center.  And Ro, my best pal Ro.  LOVIN’ time with his bro Marty.  Equally confident he’ll be happy to see Papa.  Strong bond, we’re a tight pack.

12 days same hotel room, MOVE DAY.  Farewell to 2 pair of run shoes, handful of past marathon shirts.  Trading space for souvenirs.  Strategy served well in New Zealand [March 2017].

Minimalist mantra maintained, even on holiday 😊

Hotel check-out, airport check-in.  World of change, 4 hours away.  Santiago.  GREAT transition.  Day in Chile’s capital city, before an early pre-dawn touchdown in Miami.  U-S-A! U-S-A!

Food feasted on all my favorites: ensalada palta (avocado salad), sopa de mariscos (seafood stew), mariscos risotto.  Half-a-continent of coastline, FISH n FRIENDS ‘get in my belly’.

Shower’d, groomed, war wounds tended.  AFC Championship on ESPN Español.

RED RUBY dreamin’.  Eyes closed, ready for my own bed.

there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home…. 

Home, Colorado HOME ❤️

Punta RETURN HOME