I am planning a week long trip back to Paso Robles to see old friends and visit the sun again next week. I am really looking forward to eating at my favorite places seeing the people I have missed this past year and wandering around Paso and see how I feel.
I have found in the past that you can't go home again. Oh it is great to see everyone, and to visit your old job and the resaurants and places that you loved, but you no longer belong. You no longer have a sense of history that is more current. Everyone's life has moved on including your own.
What I do know is that you have strong ties and that your real friends are there and they welcome you with open arms and they are what make it feel like home again. It is like with your family. You pick up where you left off. With no gaps. That is when it feels so warm and fuzzy that you can't stand it. We all know how that feels.
I know the 9 days I will be there will fly by, but the memories are what will live on with me. After all that is what life is all about right? Having all kinds of memories when you are too old to go anywhere or do anything so you can sit on a porch and relive the good times and trips and people that made life good. My Grandmother taught me that. She gave me my wanderlust when I was very young, and I love her for that. She also said you always pay for good shoes, a good haircut and good perfume. Hmmmmmmmm.
Well, I am already packing to leave on this next adventure. I will take lots of pictures of it all so you will be seeing them here in the coming weeks.
Talk to you all when I get back! Keep kicking up your heels until I return!
Coy
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