THAT is what I LOVE about Traveling...
Who knew when I woke up in the morning that I would be at a FLUFF FESTIVAL and a BURNING MAN DECOMPRESSION party alllllll in one day???

Thanks to Jesa for dressing me up and taking me out! 
I meet a "Game" inventor, an "INVENTOR", John from Maine..... BLASTED my ear drums out to Techno music, smiled till my jaw hurt and slept in past the start of the yoga class in the park I wanted to go to this morning.....

Loved exploring Harvard Square......
BEAUTIFUL

THRILLED to have access to Bikes throughout the city, jump on one, cycle for 30 minutes, explore, jump on another bike at a different location, cycle somewhere else, explore. PERFECTION....
Totally cool way to discover Boston.

There are pianos ALLL over the city....
Anyone can rock on up and have a play...
BRILLIANT..
They are all painted and decorated differently. all old UPRIGHTS like the one we just put outside our house and gave away for FREEEE. 
Bummer.....
We could have made it into a work of art!!!!
Tried to sell it on Craigs list for $100 bucks no one was interested!!

A TOUCH of Fall Foliage 
Autumn has just begun.
PERFECT weather

My room
The Library
INSPIRING

I highly recommend a visit to Jesa and Johns B&B
https://www.airbnb.com/users/show/37347

Write on one piece of paper... 
"We are NOTHING but dust and ashes"
 put it in your back pocket... 

Write on anther piece of paper... 
"The ENTIRE universe was created just for ME."
 put that in your other pocket.

LIVE with the knowledge of both TRUTHS.

It is Autumn.... Fall........ Nights are cool, days are warm, leaves are falling..Darkness is coming earlier.... Time to hunker down, SNUGGLE, read a GOOD book. Lay in the arms of an angel. Put on a scarf. wear WARM soxs, get out a THICK blanket, have a hot bubble bath, make a pot of soup, dip in dark bread... GO inside, drill deep, fill up the reservoirs in my heart, patch up the cracks in the dam of my soul.... REMEMBER... GIVE THANKS for the harvest of plenty, REEP the benefits of my toiling, REST long, allow PEACE to fulfill me. Soak up, TAKE IN this Autumn that is NOW, here, Today.

OKAY< OKAY< OKAY….. I will CLOSE my Okay Cupid account…. I AGREEEE….I know I will "find" my BELOVED when I am REALLLY living LIFE.. Not "searching" on an on line website…..

AND YET……..

Just Yesterday.. I was buying some lunch at the farmers market on California Ave in Palo Alto…. and…...A MAN said to me,"Are you from New Zealand?" I turned to look him in the eye… I did not know him? How did he know me? I said, "I am from California but my home is in NZ." He said, "I recognized you from okay cupid."………

TOTALY cool.. I'm out living life AND someone from the on line world recognized me in REALITY…..

HE said we "talked" about dancing?? NO memory on my part?? BUT.. YES.. Dancing is one of my Passions.. I look forward to having a life partner who will DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE…. Waltz me in Vienna.. Dip me, spin me, TAKE MY BREATH AWAY…..

REALLLLY nice guy… CUTE.. He looked me in the eye when we talked… FOCUSED on what I was saying.. was NOT distracted by his cell phone… Did NOT text once while we enjoyed every last bite of our delicious meal.. I had a chicken, spinach feta cheese crepe with mustard sauce.. he had a Vegan, gluten Free beet and sweet potato burrito….We shared okay cupid experiences.. Shared about our lives in general……He is the second oldest of five, i am the youngest of five… He lives with his parents and wants to build himself a house off the grid on their land in Palo Alto… We shared our DREAMS… What we are wanting to create in our lives…

He is seeing someone right now..It has been an on again off again relationship... He does not believe she is the one he will spend the rest of his life with AND they are being good to each other… He cares about the environment…Works with a woman I know from my Womens Monthly Pot Luck Group.. He has a BRIGHT smile…"If I find the right woman I might want children." GOT ME THERE…. NOT my MAN… I'm 49, I'm a GRANDMA for GOSH sakes… I have a 31 year old daughter…Oh wellllllll…. I gave him my card. He wished me LUCK…I hope he calls, I would like to be FRIENDS… I would like to get to know who this man is?? What he is alll about?? I enjoyed our initial, impromptu meeting. We seized the moment, shared ourselves with each other.. we weren't watching TV, we were out enjoying life, doing what we enjoy doing AND… would he have introduced himself to me had he not recognized me from the on line dating service?? 

Maybe I will re-think closing the account?????

When I was saying goodbye to Tanner on Saturday, he looked at me and frowned and hung onto my fingers.......

I said, " I know honey... I don't want to go either."

THIS kid is an OLD soul....

Soooooo perfectly present, sweet, thoughtful, BALANCED, strong, FEARLESS, TRUSTING, happy....

It is sooo wonderful to see Tanner and Jordan LOVE people, TRUST people, interact with people.... They are INNOCENT.

At "church"(the Center For Spiritual Enlightment),  this morning... we honored our Ancestors.... 

One of my FAVORITE books as a kid was "Do You Know What I'm Going To Do Next Saturday?"

This kid is going to eat 1000 pancakes, work out with the Marines, Catch 10,000 fish, Climb the highest Mountain in the WORLD.... etc. etc. etc.......allllllll Next Saturday.......

That is how I have always felt about life.....
I WANT TO DO IT ALLLLLL......
NEXT Saturday...

I also feel like the woman who owned the Winchester Mystery House....
I have a THOUSAND things I want to build on my property in New Zealand.....
I could spend a LIFETIME improving that property...
I want to BUILD it ALLLLLL next Saturday..... or at least over the five months I will be HOME....

I want to build the Stage, (photo above)
 
a GIANT swing…image is in my head.
 
I want to build a Blue Safire Gin Bottle Window/Wall in my massage studio.
 
I would LOVE to convert my old massage room into a bathroom???
 
The sink in the cottage needs to be replaced with a new one. So does the sink in the Dream Suite.
 
a Tetor Totter, Teepee & Go Cart.... (for my Grandson Tanner and Great Nephew Jordan and ALL the children who want to come play with me!)
 
a Meditation/Yoga circle/yurt type thing in the native bush.
 
a TREE HOUSE with a spiral stair case.(photo below)


HOBBIT HOMES, built into the side of the earth bowl on the left hand side of my driveway.

A zip line with a Rocking Horse to sit on. (photo below)

I SHOULD have been having building lessons from my Dad the last 3 1/2 years I was HOME.... What was I thinking????? I was thinking that the MAN I thought was going to be my LIFE PARTNER was going to be my LIFE PARTNER..........

Look closely.. the Bixbie Bridge is in the back ground!
Hwy 1 all the way BABY
BEST BUDIES 100 Mile Bike Challange

There were times during the day when I felt.....

EXHILARATED... Flying down Hwy 1 with the blue sky, ocean, dolphins playing in the sea, fog, mist, cool breeze

EXHAUSTED....Climbing a 7 mile HILL in the sun

INSPIRED..By the AMAZINGLY strong man with a perfect triangle back, HUGE quads and Bulging Calves.....He was my INSPIRATION to NOT hang out at the rest stops for verry long.. I wanted to follow him....stay close to his back....He was like a turtle.. kept on going at his own pace... I would FLY by him on the down hills and flats, he would pass me on the hills.. Just before the BIGGEST< LONGEST< HARDEST climb..... he said...”Is this your first ride?’ I wonder what gave me away??? I stayed right behind him all the way up the 7 mile hill. I would have passed him going down but my toes went KNUB??? PAIN?? CRAMP??? I pulled over ripped off my overly tight shoe, stretched.... ATE yet another caffeine shot... then enjoyed the down hill.. I was not going to be miserable for the down hill after doing all the hard work to get up it. HE (don't know his name?? MY INSPIRATION worked for Safeway??) was like a DAD to me... on a long road trip... “HOW Much Longer until we get there?? How long to the top of this?, I was told it was easy after 80 miles... my odometer says 82 miles??” He said, It’s deceiving..

I never found him at the “After Party” everyone looks different without their helmets and cycling gear on... I wanted to THANK HIM for being MY  INSPIRATION...and apologize for my squeaky shoes and annoying questions.....

HEART BROKEN... There was a couple who did the whole ride together.. They got to the finish line at the same time I did, They kissed each other in congratulations.... Happy and Thrilled for their Love and Joy for enjoying each other AND... I miss that not being in my life. I look FORWARD to having a life partner to have ADVENTURES WITH, LOVE, play with along the path of life.

MEMORIES....Renata and I cycling Point Lobos....

MEMORIES.... Living at Esalen for a month learning Non Violent Communication.

MEMORIES..... Singing Christmas Carols at the Fernwood Inn

MEMORIES.....Hiking the Redwoods hand and hand with Roger

MEMORIES... Walking hand and hand with Roger at Pirates Cove

MEMORIES... Watching the Elephant Seals with Catherine

MEMORIES.... Finding my abalone shell at Jade Cove with Jane

MEMORIES....Birthday weekend with sister Alice

MEMORIES.... Sister Alices Birthday dinner at Rocky Point

MEMORIES....Sunsets and Christmas shopping at Nepenthes

MEMORIES...Cocktails at Post Ranch

MEMORIES.. Fireside Dinners at Deejins

MEMORIES... Sunset between the cave rock at Big Sur beach

PAIN... I took two Advil for the pain in my neck from being hunched over for 7 hours..

PAIN....In my CROTCH from sitting on a bike seat for 7 hours

ELATION....FLYING down the road PASSING big hunky men....

EXHILARATION.... FLYING down the road attempting to keep up with big hunky men...

CONFIDENT... Keeping up with big hunky men.

SCARRED.... A Car swerved right into my lane, SLAMED on his breaks to stop from slamming into the cars that were coming to an abrupt halt.... Could have EASILY been taken out had I NOT swerved right and slammed on my brakes.

EXCITEMENT... At the start of the ride..... Listening to the National Anthem sung by one of the “Buddies”, Anticipating the day??? Could  I do it????

EXCITEMENT....At the end of the ride, coming into the finish line... I DID IT..

FEAR..At flying FAST down a steep hill...... Looking over the cliff and feeling REAL sure I wanted to stay on the road.....

GREAT Awww and APPRECIATION......When a STAG with GIANT Antlers crossed Hwy 1 RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME...

COCKY... Passing the “Audi” guys early on in the day....We played cat and mouse...They flew by me, I flew by them... I asked them, “If I keep up with you all day can I have the Audi shirt off your back?” he said..... “AND....If we can keep up with you?” Latter, I said,,,, “IF I keep up with you all day can I have your Audi SOXS?.. Latter he offered me his Audi GLOVES, Audi jacket and Audi pants....At the after party I did not know who he was?? NO camera on his helmet? NO Audi outfit??? Total Bummer... It was like being at the Venetian Ball in Venice... Flirting with WHO KNOWS WHO??? only these guys were hot, sweaty, cyclists instead of masked 18 century, lace covered, pointy shoed, hanky carrying men. 

HOME SICK FOR MY HOME IN NEW ZEALAND... When a dozen doves circled a house I was cycling by.. 

EXHAUSTION.....On and off ALL DAY...it came and went, climbing a long hill, the heat..Thank goodness for the CAFFEINE SHOTS, hydration and SUGAR filled cycling snacks.. They all kept me going.

HOT...SUN, BLUE SKYS, HEAT BEATING DOWN

COLD... FOG, DRIPS OF WATER, GOOSE BUMPS

SORE Muscles.... Back, Neck....arms, hands, QUADS..CALVES...

CRAMPS.....Left Sartorius/ Inner thigh.. new one for me???getting older I guess?

FATIGUE.....Yep.. down right tiered of it all, ready to be done kind of exhaustion.

ENERGY.... YEA Caffeine, YEA sugar....

BLESSED by Dellalou.. when the butterfly flew along with me for awhile.

LOANLY.... At the after party... NO one to dance with... There NEEDS to be a table for SINGLES..............

POOR SAD LOANLY LONESOME ALL BY MYSELF ME... amongst 1700 people

TIERED.... ON the 2 1/2 hour buss ride back to where we started 18 hours earlier at 12:30 at night

ENERGIZED.....REFRESHED, RESTED, rearing to go this morning.......

Life is like a good long hard ride.... there are ups and downs.. times when I feel like I’m on top of the world.. moments when I wish I were no longer alive... low downs, great highs, boredom in between... Challenge's...Smooth Sailing.. Support from Others...Feeling abandoned....SOOO GRATEFUL that I am ALIVE, enjoying this AMAZING life.... 
All of life's emotions wrapped up in one day of cycling 100 miles down Hwy 1 from Carmel to Hearst Castle.

I learned a LOT at the Orgasmic Meditation Conference in SF a month ago.. Thank goodness the above piece of RESEARCH was REMEMBERED by ME.. I do NOT want to "Fall in Love" with a man until I REALLLY REALLLY know who he is AND can accept him as he is AND be willing to do NOTHING to try to CHANGE him....BIG CHALLENGE for me.... my Challange.. I fall in love pretty easily I'd say. there are many lovely men.. NOT that often I come across one I am attracted to RESPECT, want to get to know AND they are single, available and return my interest.... BUT when it happens usually SPARKS FLY... Tough to stay grounded...NOT allow the sexual energy to HEAT UP...The reason WE WOMEN fall in LOVE when our nipples are sucked is that OXYTOCIN kicks in and it MAKES US FALL IN LOVE.. WE are really NOTHING other than Chemical making machines.. Sooo learning what chemicals do what to us is IMPORTANT..... Sooo FROM NOW ON my rule is NO nipple sucking until I am pretty sure the guy doing the nipple sucking is WORTHY of my LOVE....AND I WANT to fall in love the guy.

I rode 76 miles in 5 hours and 30 minutes with an OLD MAN who is going to be 70 on January 1st..... We had a GREAT day.. I feel ready for my 100 mile BEST BUDDIES Challange on Saturday.




We came across this little Bike Barn... FULL of everything a biker needs...tools, fresh ground coffee, snacks, cold drinks, sunscreen, Tubes, Pump.. Outhouse.. ALL on the Honor System... garden, benches... SOOO sweet, maps, They thought of EVERYTHING... sooo fun.

I was practicing/ pretending that I had finished the 100 mile race....Visualize what you want to attain... Make it HAPPEN.. I am a BELIEVER






MANY MANY thanks to ALL of you who supported the BEST BUDDIES CHALLENGE... TOGETHER we can change the world....

xxoo
cg

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