Had Lewis or Clark experienced laptop firewall issues, their Corps of Discovery journals may have lacked reader appeal. “Saw lots of grizzlies; didn’t die” written from memory two years after the fact doesn’t have quite the punch of “‘a verry large and a turrible looking animal, extremely hard to kill’ chased Fred up a tree today.”
Similarly, consider Captain James Cook’s daily logs of navigation, weather, and the state of New Holland natives: “…they may appear to be the most wretched people upon earth, but in reality they are far more happier than we Europeans; being wholly unacquainted not only with the superfluous but the necessary conveniences so much sought after in Europe, they are happy in not knowing the use of them.” He wrote it when he thought it. That makes a difference.
As a modern story keeper on a voyage, I generally write it when I think it. However, having been restrained by one of those superfluous but necessary conveniences so essential for daily blogging – a finicky laptop — I unhappily could not. But for that, our NM adventure would have had that daily “read all about it!” draw.
Sigh.
I shall do my best.
Our people, whom we had not seen in 469 days!, hosted us in their New Mexico resort from June 4 – 13. So much must be told, and shall be. Stay tuned.
Today, I leave you with this guy:
And his little sister.
Upcoming: missing cabins/hidden valleys, road trips, PIE, stargazing, two towns, and my peoples.