Escape




Walking home a few days ago I passed a group of children playing. One of the smallest was impetuously issued orders to the others who stood about listlessly, not ignoring but not listening either. Suddenly without warning one broke from the pack. Pumping legs carried her on a pink bike, away from the gaping onlookers.



The little tyrant began howling and stomping incoherently, demanding the other’s return. But the old spell was broken now, by the hum of rubber on the road and that first wild taste of freedom.



Of course she would return later. These were her friends and this was her home but as the training wheels rattled away, I wanted to shout triumphantly. I wanted to tell her not to follow the rules and to ignore convention. I wanted to confess that escape could be a scary and lonely place but that this feeling of living would be worth it. I wanted to yell that this road stretched on farther than she could ever know and that there was so much to see along the way.



Instead I smiled to myself and continued on my own path. I don’t think she needed to be told.



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I spent my life imagining myself a part of the adventures that I saw in movies. One day something just clicked and I realized that adventure wasn't a far off land, it was an attitude. So I got out and started to look at the world around me. It's more interesting than I had suspected.

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In another time explorers sought their fortunes in the far corners of the world.

Today, the world is mapped. There is little danger and adventure seems out of reach...



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-2009-
goodbyes
undercurrents
casting the bones
mountain thief
the deer hunter
strange temple
sanctuary
burial pt. 3
burial pt. 2
burial pt. 1
scarlet fever
rebirth from hell
small cave
forsaken
the lower depths
in a hurry
underground lake
stretch sewer
crypt
still waters
shadow movements
a house of cards
the mountains
meager rations
sw pt.8: geothermal + ending
sw pt.7: lost gold mines
sw pt.6: big tube caves
sw pt.5: gold!
sw pt.4: el calderon caves
sw pt.3: redondo
sw pt.2: ghosts
southwest adventure pt.1
spider
dark salvation
reflections
dreams
the underdark
the river
night odyssey
beginnings





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