We pulled up and turned out the car. My phone was
dead, there was no electricity. It was pitch black.
We could see just about nothing. Shawn came out
of the dark abyss with flashlights to guide us back
to our camper after I successfully dropped all of
my belongings onto the ground. Picking up my
laptop, underwear, clothes and snacks out of the
dirt, we made home in our little camper. Then we
were called out of our camper by the other lodgers
because the night was just getting started…..
Two other couples were on premise that evening.
An asian couple from Chinatown Los Angeles and
a gay couple from Colorado. Meg and I sat down in
the dark, accepted their offer of beer and accepted
this night in its entirety.
S P L I T T I N G
What began as a questionable time in the middle
of the desert became less and less horrifying with
each sip of beer and Asian rice wine. We learned
about their lives, we told them pieces of ours as we
sat around a tray of Korean Barbecue. We learned
about all the constellations. We learned that our
host was a stunt man at Lego land and had traveled
to all the states and most of the globe, grew up
filming in Bay Watch, and was much more than just
an avid goat lover. We heard stories about every
single one of the goats and how everyone got far too
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