My Life at 3 Miles Per Hour: 7/26/09

Thursday, July 30, 2009

leaving colorado

Just left jeremy's house in windsor, CO. Bummed a ride with some guys goin to Tacoma Washington. We will be drivin straight thru so Rad and I will be on bike again by tomorrow or next day! I am excited but it was sad to leave my brother behind..

Monday, July 27, 2009

im an old man now!

thats what I get for running a good portion down the mountain! I got blisters and bruises on feet and my knees were inflamed like no other!!

scenery on the decent

Ok 2nd burst of energy for me!!

halfway down the mountain and bonked

fog

gettin ready to decend Long's

proof...

Karate Kid Brothers

watch out karate kid and Mr. Miagi!!, the bike brothers are on top of a mountain!!!

"Life is great when you search for great life!"

thanking God at the top of the world!! this truely was an amazing experience for the both of us. there is somethin about bein that high up and the work that it took to get there that makes you greatful for your life and makes everything seem so minute in comparison. the problems in your life become almost funny.... or simple somehow...

Longs Peak Summit

the brothers from different mothers at the summit!!!

Longs Peak summit

one view from the peak of Longs

Longs Peak Summit

I feel terrible that I forgot some of the names of people we met on the hike, but these girls were awesome and Jeremy actually saved the one on the left from falling down the mountain...

Longs Peak summit!!!

We made it!!!!!

Longs Peak assent

I just got beat up a 14000 foot mountain by a 6 yr. old... wow!! well they probably started alot earlier, at least thats what ill tell myself..

Longs Peak July 25th

some dude takin a nap right below the summit... the life right...?

Longs Peak

Every once in a while you gotta tell the world to f*** off , go with your gut, and make sure your livin life to the fullest! don't let your surroundings dominate you! dominate your surroundings and conquer the mountains in your life!

Longs Peak

no we are not goin to climb that face! come on now we both are cyclists not extreme rock climbers! although we both love the idea of doin it someday!

Longs Peak

This is me and Zee.. we met at base camp the night before. he is travelin cross country on a sweet BMW motorcycle! really cool dude, we all met up after the hike for pizza and beer! dam that was good beer and pizza too!!

Longs Peak

what a view, what a view...

Longs Peak

brothers gettin up a mountain!

Longs Peak Assent

I think Jeremy is pissed that people are goin to slow for his race pace!!

Longs Peak assent

scramblin through the boulder feild

Longs Peak

we are almost to the key hole! from here to the summit is the roughest part of the trek! especially goin down!

Longs Peak assent

comming on the boulder field ahead..

Longs Peak assent

mountain flowers

Longs Peak

still a long ways to go to reach summit!

Longs Peak July 25th

look its a bear cub!! no its just me..

Longs Peak

maybe i can just fly to the summit?...

Longs Peak

about a couple hours into the hike. beautiful mountains with sun commin up!

Longs Peak

starting the hike up Longs, Jeremy is waking up I guess?.... actually he is more awake than me!

base camp on july 24th

night before Longs peak assent! we planned on starting at 3:30 am but the alarm didn't go off and we got a late start of 4:30..

Why Am I on this journey?

For almost a decade now I have been in the pursuit of developing and establishing myself and name as an artist/painter. Through various seasons consisting of complete isolation in my studios in Oregon, New Mexico, and Oklahoma to exhibitions in galleries and traveling to work festivals and shows. From extremes of utilities being shut off, painting from lantern & candles, living off of cheap alchohol and cereal. And the other extreme of having a wait list of over a year for commision work, and working as assistant gallery manager in a major gallery in Taos, NM.

Over a year ago in the midst of transporting art from one state to another, I fell in love with a woman by the name of Victoria. Never had I loved and adored someone so much! She brought out the best in me as a man and an artist, inspiring both paintings and the heart. Just as I was ready to lay down my life and give her the world, with no warning she shattered my heart and left the pieces on the side of a gravel road.

Now after time passing and my heart healing, I realize I had been given a wakeup call. Week after week, day after day, continous questions began to arise from within and arouse a part of me that has been too long dormant. I must answer the questions.

Where is my life headed? What am I doing? Indeed I have ambition, and yes I can see huge progress in my career, but am I truely living? I have no doubt that if I continue what I have been doing I will see my dreams and goals become a reality. But are those dreams birthed from within my true blueprints? Or from the influence of a progress driven society? I have loved, but have I discovered real love? What am I with all my desires? What will come of my life? And most of all, AM I HAPPY with how I am living?... I am not.

Although I have an ongoing list of unanswered life questions, being able to answer one honestly was enough to make me move into action. I beleive one must take responsibility for ones life and ones happiness. Soon after making preperations to leave the much too comfortable life of family Oklahoma, I am on the road.

I now take in aromas that drift across endless country fields. I Stop to quinch the thirst of my Austrailian Shepard(Rad) as I see hub caps hidden in tall grasses that must have been there for 20 yrs or more... I see a shade tree by a boulder-filled river that I decide to recline into my camp chair and spend the remainder of the day reading "Walden" by Thoreau. I stop at an old abandoned gas station, park the bike where pumps once were and begin to work on several watercolor paintings before making myself a tuna sandwich from my pack. I look into the distance to see the vanishing road that leads to somewhere, everywhere, and nowhere.

My anticipations come in the form of afternoon rain showers and icecream sandwiches. Perks of the job are now greasy carb filled sausage-egg-potato breakfasts that friendly campers will cook for me. A pay check is no longer deposited into an account so I can pay the credit-card companys, rent, and other bills. Instead it is a donation of 20 bucks for a watercolor that will be deposited in a sock and taken to the store to pay for bread, beans, and dogfood. The extra would have gone to bananna republic to get a new outfit for a date the comming weekend. Now the extra goes towards a dogbone and a hot shower.

My days are filled with these once overlooked simple things that hold such marvelous beauty. I do not yet have all the answers, nor do I expect to ever find them all. Still I will search to at least find what I need to know. And I have Faith that there is a God, I am watched out for, and I am loved. I believe with all my heart that I am on the right path in the right time for me to find life and life to the fullest, filled with meaning, purpose, Truth, and happiness..

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