February 3, 2009
Today was a good day, one of those days when the sun and the moon are in the sky together at the same time. Just that made it special. After 12 PM when the sun was at the highest point, I sat in the back of my host family’s pickup looking around me feeling the sun burning up my skin. The sky was a blue that I have never seen before with nothing that interrupted it, no clouds, no airplanes... no sounds… just pure sky.
From the back of the truck I could feel something really different from those in the front. The wind carefully enveloped each part of my body and the speed made my eyes water and tear up. As they went down my cheeks, the wind made them feel really cold in contrast to the hotness of my face. The strong light pointed directly into my sunglasses and made it difficult for me to look at the land along the empty road. Still, it was the most beautiful desert that I have seen in my entire life.
But the most amazing moment was looking backwards at the receding mountains yet feeling like they were moving toward me, an illusion that made me feel like I was out of this world. The memory of this stays with me, as a moment just one step away from perfection.
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