Being there now is not about getting somewhere fast. It’s about seeing the journey in our minds — muddling over our visions, ideas, dreams, and plans. Trying to stay present as we do our best to get the details right, and finally — starting out, journeying, and being there.
The images in my welcome post were from a travel adventure with my sister to San Francisco and Sequoia National Park near Three Rivers, California — it was also the first time I did almost all the planning for a major adventure. Packing was a fun challenge because San Francisco is cool and rainy in September, Three Rivers was really warm, and in the mountains with the Sequoias it was cooler, but still warm and sunny. I found five essentials that were perfect for the whole trip. You can see them in my planning and packing post right here.
There were a lot of moving parts in planning this adventure, and I made a few mistakes (I’ll talk about those so you can avoid them) but it was a wonderful sister trip. Now we try to take trips together whenever we can!
The Plan
Because my sister and I have such different schedules, I divided this trip into three parts: solo travel time in San Francisco for me, a day and a night in San Francisco for the two of us and a glorious couple of days and nights in Three Rivers just minutes away from Sequoia National Park and those ancient giants. You can probably already tell that I love trees and forests. Connection with nature is my primary entry to mindfulness. Spending time with the Sequoias with my sister was a dream come true.
But first came my solo day in San Francisco!
Where in nature do you feel most connected?
