The End.

If all goes well, this will be my last night in Colorado for a good long time. It could possibly also be my last post for a while. With the prevalence of wifi, and library computers in every town, I'll probably be able to post from the road, but I can't count on it--I'm going to some pretty remote areas--and my schedule is awfully tight to boot. I may have to do a lot of back blogging.

I took today off to pack, and a good thing, too, because it pretty much took all day. The bags I'm taking to Korea are all bulging, and there's still a sundry heap of things that need to go in them. I have no idea how I'm going to pull this off, but it's been done before. I've made countless trips through the stupid lawn sprinklers to the car today, and I've got about 4 more to make, maybe more with all the stuff in the tent. I left out an outfit for tomorrow, but I conveniently forgot to leave myself any long pants or a second shirt to sleep in--it's been COLD at night recently. It was 46 when I woke up this morning, and that was well after sunrise.

Now that I've packed everything up, I'm really excited about what's next. Working tomorrow is going to be a horrible letdown. I've been gradually saying goodbye to people--with things quieting down, a lot of folks are taking days off, so it's been a rolling roster of last times. If I hadn't run into Seth in the bakery this morning, he would just have quietly disappeared. Speaking of the bakery, it was fantastic! Better than Jine's. I wish I'd tried it sooner, though I probably saved a lot of money by not doing so. All organic, very veggie-friendly, and creative menu items. Plus, a case of really tempting bars, cookies, and pastries. I succumbed to the lure of a lemon-blueberry bar. I think there were more people in there than there are in all of Mancos. I'm sure if I lived here, I'd be a regular.

Off to stargaze one last time. I'm going to really miss those little guys.