Friday, August 1, 2008

Coming Home!!!


Our adventure is coming to an end, tomorrow we will be heading home. We're getting all the last minute preparation made for the trip back. Getting an oil change, throwing away the trash that has accumulated over that past 70 plus days (there is a lot of it), and creating a makeshift bed so that we can sleep while the van is pulling forward. I hate to disappoint all of you but we're not going to be biking back! This is what we like to call a race to the finish. We're having to get home (Baylor University) by August 6th. So we are going to be driving non-stop (with a couple of breaks in between) to get home in time.

We're going to be waking up at 4:30 am and driving till 8pm just about everyday for 5 days. We're each going to take shifts to help the 15 hours a day go a lot smoother and safer.

It will feel good being on the road again even though its going to zip by. The drive back will be like rewinding a video tape. We will pass through the same terrain and experience the same weather, maybe by going through all of it, it will help all of us truly see the magnitude of our accomplishment.

I'm looking at my pictures again. I've been looking at all the pictures, strolling down memory lane. They are all so beautiful. What's really strange is I can't believe I was there. Its like somebody photoshopped my picture putting me behind those wonderful backgrounds. Time flew by so fast. Now it is only a memory, a picture, but it is a part of me. I was there. I saw the wonders of all creation, I experienced the desert heat, the ocean breeze, and the pine smells, I lived through all of it, and we made it.

I'm excited about tomorrow, getting back on the road, I think Willie Nelson summed my feelings best:



On the road again
Just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is makin' music with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again
On the road again
Goin' places that I've never been
Seein' things that I may never see again,
And I can't wait to get on the road again.


-Justin Brown

5 comments:

billie said...

I'm sitting here claping like a fool,so happy your coming home.
Drive safe and we'll see you soon.
Remember everything cause I want
to hear it all!
xoxoxoxoxGrandma

paradocs said...

I can hardly wait to see all of you! Susie

Anonymous said...

Bob Seger did a version of that song as well...I like it better...but for those of you can't wait to see your parents...regardless of your favorite genre...

Montley Crue - Home Sweet Home

..just reading the lyrics don't do it justice...

Nancy Munson said...

Nathan: Congratulations to you and your friends. I enjoyed reading about your trip and seeing the pictures of your great trip.
Have a safe trip back to TX.
Cousin Nancy M.

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