26 October, 2007 – Pt. Reyes Station, California
Lord my body has been a good friend…
Morning came to the Lone Bobcat Woods. We rose and showered and packed and headed into town with Janaia and Robyn for breakfast, then made our way to a Grass Valley bus stop to catch a connector bus to Auburn. We hugged and cried and laughed and bid these two sweet souls goodbye-for-now, knowing that we may well be back in January to attend the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, to which we had recently been accepted. We boarded the bus with Ernie from Honk Kong at the wheel and hit the road.
In Auburn we transferred to a waiting Amtrak bus that took us to Sacramento, and then transferred in Sacramento to the train that would take us to Emeryville. We wrote and read and talked and ate fruits and nuts and watched through the windows as the farmlands zipped by. Just as two years ago, when we were out here getting interviews, I was struck by the reach of the cities, and how we too often fail to take all of this into account when we think of sustainability.
My body has been a good friend these past weeks. The walks and yoga and stretching have relieved the back pain with which I started this journey, and the good food we’ve shared in so many places has kept it well and strong. On the train, I was able to stretch out and walk around, and I noticed as I carried bags and tossed them overhead that I was feeling pretty good.
We de-trained in Emeryville and were met by Patrick, who had offered to drive us out to Pt Reyes Station, even though he would not be able to attend the screening. In our hour or so together, we heard a bit of Patrick’s story, and told some pieces of our own, and learned a bit more about what life looked out here in the Bay area. We arrived mid-afternoon in Pt Reyes and Patrick passed us on to Susan, our host and organizer for the screening. We made ours