Salt & Sweat
Hi All, We are still in Utah and as Shabbos is approaching, we will stay until Sunday unless, of course, we stay longer. It is liberating to be able to enjoy a flexible schedule and we appreciate this enormously. We think it will be difficult to change when we ‘regain’ our responsibility but we will deal with it then or…later. “What do you think the Ranger meant when he wished us ‘good luck’?” our editor inquired as we left the visitors center. We were on Antelope Island, surrounded by the famous Salt Lake. “I suppose at a temperature of 95%, a solid climb of 2,100 feet, 7 miles round-trip, with no shade at all, and that you are no youngster, he thinks we need a little assistance.” Don’t you wish you could take back a remark that flies out of the mouth with so little thought? Our editor pretended not to notice or maybe she closes her ears when we talk nowadays. However, we don’t like the omen when people wish us ‘luck’ and have a little smirk on their faces. This was our first hike in ...