{"id":664,"date":"2010-11-13T10:55:44","date_gmt":"2010-11-13T15:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=664"},"modified":"2013-01-03T14:48:30","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T19:48:30","slug":"gone-or-finally-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2010\/11\/13\/gone-or-finally-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Gone or Finally Here"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s rare to have a picture of a personal milestone. Simply having this photo makes the moment even sweeter (something I didn\u2019t really think was possible):<\/p>\n

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Once again, I\u2019m seeing road signs of places I know. The struggle to stay awake in western Kansas is gone. I\u2019m so excited now I can barely sit still. In three hours, I\u2019ll reach Boulder, where an old friend has a guest room ready for me.<\/p>\n

At the Denver city limit sign, the temperature (according to the thermometer at the bottom of my speedometer) is 31. It was 33 when I left Canton. The sleet now slamming into my windshield is different, too. Still, the roads are wet, not snowy.<\/p>\n

As I climb into the Boulder foothills, snow covers the trees and grass along the roadside.<\/p>\n

There is the warm welcome only old friends, excited dogs and a blazing wood stove can provide. There are stories told, memories remembered and then to bed.<\/p>\n

As Edward Abbey wrote: \u201cHe slept the sleep of the just. The just plain tired.\u201d<\/p>\n

This morning, Boulder is just showing off:<\/p>\n

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I drive to Denver, pick up the key to my new apartment and, eventually, I find it. Nice neighborhood:<\/p>\n

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I unpack the car, look around and try to figure out what to do next. The possibilities are endless.<\/p>\n

In the immortal words of Sam Gamgee, I\u2019m back.<\/p>\n

For now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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