{"id":3617,"date":"2012-05-13T04:48:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-13T04:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2012\/05\/13\/in-the-swell"},"modified":"2021-09-17T04:51:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T11:51:25","slug":"in-the-swell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=3617","title":{"rendered":"in The Swell"},"content":{"rendered":"
I first heard “licensed to ill” when I was around 14, listening to it on my friend’s walkman in the back of a van heading to the mountains to ski. The memorable times of youth.\n\n

When I heard on the radio that one of the co-founders of the Beastie Boys, Adam Youch (aka “MCA”), passed away on May 4th, I wanted to give tribute to this incredible artist.<\/p>\n

The San Rafael Swell worked just fine for this purpose.<\/p>\n

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Climbing stone outcrops onto the edge of existence, looking for memories. I find the past in this land, the VW bus and a girl named Angie. Family trips when sis was still with us. No cares and the world ahead me.<\/p>\n

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Tired after hiking through rock and sand with the spring sun baking my skin, I go on the search for a refuge from the heat and night winds. The hidden splendor of Hondo’s Arch will work.<\/a>I set up camp, cook a meal by the fire, then retire to the tent. The night is brilliantly clear, a full super moon shines down, illuminating cold earth in its light.
A settlement of horse traders sing and play guitar. John Denver pierces the darkness. I close my eyes look forward to comforting dreams instead of stress and nightmares.<\/p>\n

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The morning brings an exploration of abandoned uranium mines and shafts. Eerie and hauntingly beautiful. Mixed in between are remnants of the past.<\/p>\n

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At the end of the journey was no great epiphany waiting for me. Only the faint words out of the lips of a wise man, saying….<\/p>\n

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“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop to look around, you could miss it.”<\/div>\n
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