Memento

[Xipe Totec]

Share a perfect moment from your life. Here is one of mine:

I was about to spend the weekend with my father at the drilling site, somewhere in northern Mexico. Dusk was approaching as we traveled a lonely dirt road winding through the hill country. There was nothing but chaparral, cactus, and the occasional wild pepper plant. And there was also mile upon mile of barbed wire fence. Suddenly he stopped the truck. He got out and motioned for me to follow. He went to the fence and leaned his forearms on the barbed wire and looked out to the horizon. I followed his gaze and saw that he was watching the sunset. Gray clouds were dissipating in the west. The sun was starting to fall behind the clouds, heading toward the high hills in the far horizon. The colors started to change. The bright blues became darker, while the clouds that were gray caught fire. A deep orange blaze came from the center of the clouds, as if we were looking into the heart of an open furnace, or Thor’s own forge. We stood there for a very long time watching this majestic sunset. The colors slowly faded back to gray, while the stars began to twinkle in the heretofore-empty blue sky, now inky black. Without a word my father stepped back from the fence and climbed back into the truck, and I followed. We continued all the way to the drilling campsite without exchanging a word.

[Taverner]

1. I was in Thailand

It was a perfectly hot night...must have been 80. We were out in the "chonobot" or country. Travelling between two villiages really near each other. The skies were completely clear, and you could make out every star. Shooting stars were happening to the right and left.

It was a big group of us who were celebrating the close of service of one of the vetran Peace Corps volunteers in the area. So we, naturally, were completely baked. We had downed a hash shake, smoked tons of thai sticks stuffed into burmeese cigars. We also had a decent amount of mushrooms.

YOu could make out the town in the distance by the large movie screen they had set up at the temple. You see, instead of drive ins, thai villages show big screens and movies at temples.

[Xipe Totec]

8. Beautiful, Thanks!

It is great to be able to travel the world. And with the Peace Corps, no less.

It must have been fantastic to see the sky so far away from city lights.

[redqueen]

2. .

:cry:

[Xipe Totec]

3. ?

Whyfore I make you cry?

[redqueen]

4. No perfect moments yet.

Ah well...

[Xipe Totec]

6. You are fortunate, then

Yours is in the future. :bounce:

[redqueen]

7. Thanks...

What a great way to look at it!

:)

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

5. About to happen....

Gonna go look at some Lab pups with some nice people.

[WilliamPitt]

9. I drove all day and through the night

from College Station, Texas, and found myself in Grand Canyon National Park at about three in the morning. It was November, and the air was bitter cold and crystal clear. A full moon was overhead, but could not dim the sprawl of stars. I stood at the lip of the canyon all night and watched the sun come up, and then drove on through the Painted Desert to San Francisco.

That was 1995.

[Xipe Totec]

11. That is Amazing, I am envious

Thank you for sharing this moment. The closest I've come to the Painted Desert is watching Forrest Gump.

[djeseru]

10. Hiking in sounthern Arizona.

First time I had gone hiking by myself too. I paid my fee, walked through the gate and the day became timeless. Passed through a thick cloud of butterflies, followed by a doe and her twins. Was berated by a pair of squirrels as well. The path kept going and going but I wanted to finish, to stick with it, then it kept getting steeper and steeper. So I started running up it...sweat pouring, tears streaming down my face...the payoff was the most satisfying accomplishment of making it to the top of the mountain.

I got the share the view with a lizard sunning on the rocks.

Still can't seem to fit it into words correctly though...

[Xipe Totec]

12. That's the problem with these events.

It's hard to put them into words. You just feel the afterglow for a lifetime.