Day 10

You just never know who you are going to see.

Slept in a little today for the first time on this journey. Usually it’s been waking up at 6 ready to go for the day. Always trying to get the meditation in in the morning. It truly helps me manage my anxiety.

When my anxiety takes over it is truly crippling. It’s led me to multiple ER visits and many other things. But I want to take back control and I did that all summer and now I finally feel like I’m getting control again. This trip has so many things that pop up and you just have to work through them. You don’t have a choice. It forces me to battle through many situations that are highly stressful and just be okay with whatever happens.

I’ve learned there’s really no point in being mad. It’s a waste of time and energy. Which we all have limited amounts of. There are times where anger is good to show and let those emotions out but let them out and let them go. Move on.

This morning that’s exactly what I did. I let some emotions go and the day went great. I started out with a hike to mossy cave right outside of Bryce Canyon and then my travel buddy Levi texted me and said he had served through Bryce Canyon too so we met up again and went for a hike. I can’t tell you how hard it is to try and find someone in a national park and neither has service 😂. 3.5 miles roughly the same one I did the day before but it was still amazing. It was a little dark yesterday so today I saw so much more.

Crazy how randomly our paths crossed and now we met up again. On the same but different adventures. Thankful the universe helped us cross each other’s path. It’s been fun. Not going to lie it’s kind of nice having someone else to talk to and get excited about that random shocks and sights.

I’ve really been enjoying the alone time as well. Trying to find myself and search deep down in the soul to figure out who I am and what I’m here for. But sometimes solitude does get lonely and mostly just the small bits of human communication we need. So it’s been great having all of the above and enjoying the ride.

We finished our hike and parted ways but of course had to take a selfie just in case we wouldn’t see each other again. I packed my things. Loaded up the camper again and was off to Zion.

The journey to Zion was gorgeous. I went through a valley the entire way and and passed multiple ranches on the way. These were the real ranches like with the big stone pillars out front and metal gate carved with their name in it. Every new moment I get in the car I get to experience myself in a new way. I get to dig into my mind to see how I’m doing and what’s going on in there. So far it’s been very pleasant. Trying to become the best me I can.

Pulled into a Bureau of Land Management campsite for the night. It’s called “dispersed camping” so it’s usually a big area they have made for campers to tent or park for free. They sometimes have fire rings built out of rocks and usually nice flat areas for tents or campers. A night out in the forest. Beautiful views. Off grid. Sunset. Quiet. Just myself and nature. I found my peace tonight.

Until next time my friends,

Support the intended

Bryce P

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