Virginia - Third and Last Day
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eumeliaThe day began… you guessed it, late once again!
However today was going to be a very relaxing day anyway so there wasn’t anything to worry about. We packed our stuff very quickly – since I was the lightest packer it took me no time and I could help the rest of the familia get going.
We checked out at around 10:30 and took off to our hike called Limberlost; it was an extremely easy walk since the trail was suited for people in wheel chairs it just a walk and no one minded Shvo running ahead.
Again we roughed it by peeing in the bushes – not as much poison ivy this time around, but still roughing it.
I don’t know why, but I really love that sort of thing, trying to find a secluded place and go about your business… makes you feel real at one with world.
Not to mention you’re providing natural essences to the forest which is never bad.
It was a loop so we followed the path and returned safe and sound to the Leviathan.
It was around one-ish when we finished our walk and we piled ourselves back into the Chevy Monster and took off towards the exit of the park.
My friends from that moment everything that could go wrong… went to hell.
Mr. Murphy was a very happy-chappy that day.
Car sickness? Check, luckily it was mainly water so I didn’t stink up the car.
Fighting? Check, I believe there was so much snapping we could have been Alligators in the sewer if we just went down onto our bellied.
Numerous pit stops? Check, check and check!
Road trips are pretty much all about the pit stops!
However, before we actually headed (we arrived in Philly at 22:00) and it was a hot, muggy, night. We went to Luray Caverns, which are very deep caverns filled with lime formation. “Stalactites hold on tightly, Stalagmites rise up mightily”, which is what I taught Shvo so that he could remember what came up from the ceiling and what came up from the floor.
And it was truly amazing, though the artificial lights helped the algae grow where they’re not supposed to in the caverns, and the paved floor inhibits the growth of new Stalagmites, it was very pretty, but the commercialization of the caverns for the town was pretty disgusting.
I’ve noticed that in America, everything has to be the Most, the Biggest, the Best etc.
There is no sense of humility in this country which is sad, since it has such a beautiful natural habitat.
It’s being destroyed by the people.
The caverns are deteriorating because of the over exposure of humanity.
Am I hypocrite for saying these things and visiting these places? Perhaps. But I am aware of the damage that I do and I felt the pain of the Earth while I was in those caverns and the dry, powdery formation that would never change when they should have.
I am a spiritual person, I feel the Earth is more than just a planet on which we live and that Humans have an intelligence they abuse and use to abuse in return.
On this trip I thought I would see the people of this land love this country as They often profess they do.
And while I enjoyed myself to a certain degree, I was mainly preoccupied with my family and I felt I didn’t get in touch with myself and Nature as much as I wanted.
What I didn’t notice was how out of touch humanity is here to nature, how utterly and totally the beauty of this land is being exploited, it’s not that much different in other places, but I felt it here in a way I never felt at home.
Some of my like minded friends have asked me how America is in terms of spirit and soul is compared to Israel.
Frankly, America’s Natural spirit is very, very sick.
It saddens me that I contributed to it.
It was fun holiday, but for my own reasons I was sanded by it.
America is beautiful, but in a way a model smiles to a camera.
However today was going to be a very relaxing day anyway so there wasn’t anything to worry about. We packed our stuff very quickly – since I was the lightest packer it took me no time and I could help the rest of the familia get going.
We checked out at around 10:30 and took off to our hike called Limberlost; it was an extremely easy walk since the trail was suited for people in wheel chairs it just a walk and no one minded Shvo running ahead.
Again we roughed it by peeing in the bushes – not as much poison ivy this time around, but still roughing it.
I don’t know why, but I really love that sort of thing, trying to find a secluded place and go about your business… makes you feel real at one with world.
Not to mention you’re providing natural essences to the forest which is never bad.
It was a loop so we followed the path and returned safe and sound to the Leviathan.
It was around one-ish when we finished our walk and we piled ourselves back into the Chevy Monster and took off towards the exit of the park.
My friends from that moment everything that could go wrong… went to hell.
Mr. Murphy was a very happy-chappy that day.
Car sickness? Check, luckily it was mainly water so I didn’t stink up the car.
Fighting? Check, I believe there was so much snapping we could have been Alligators in the sewer if we just went down onto our bellied.
Numerous pit stops? Check, check and check!
Road trips are pretty much all about the pit stops!
However, before we actually headed (we arrived in Philly at 22:00) and it was a hot, muggy, night. We went to Luray Caverns, which are very deep caverns filled with lime formation. “Stalactites hold on tightly, Stalagmites rise up mightily”, which is what I taught Shvo so that he could remember what came up from the ceiling and what came up from the floor.
And it was truly amazing, though the artificial lights helped the algae grow where they’re not supposed to in the caverns, and the paved floor inhibits the growth of new Stalagmites, it was very pretty, but the commercialization of the caverns for the town was pretty disgusting.
I’ve noticed that in America, everything has to be the Most, the Biggest, the Best etc.
There is no sense of humility in this country which is sad, since it has such a beautiful natural habitat.
It’s being destroyed by the people.
The caverns are deteriorating because of the over exposure of humanity.
Am I hypocrite for saying these things and visiting these places? Perhaps. But I am aware of the damage that I do and I felt the pain of the Earth while I was in those caverns and the dry, powdery formation that would never change when they should have.
I am a spiritual person, I feel the Earth is more than just a planet on which we live and that Humans have an intelligence they abuse and use to abuse in return.
On this trip I thought I would see the people of this land love this country as They often profess they do.
And while I enjoyed myself to a certain degree, I was mainly preoccupied with my family and I felt I didn’t get in touch with myself and Nature as much as I wanted.
What I didn’t notice was how out of touch humanity is here to nature, how utterly and totally the beauty of this land is being exploited, it’s not that much different in other places, but I felt it here in a way I never felt at home.
Some of my like minded friends have asked me how America is in terms of spirit and soul is compared to Israel.
Frankly, America’s Natural spirit is very, very sick.
It saddens me that I contributed to it.
It was fun holiday, but for my own reasons I was sanded by it.
America is beautiful, but in a way a model smiles to a camera.
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Date: 2006-06-01 08:52 pm (UTC)I so agree.
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Date: 2006-06-01 08:58 pm (UTC)It's important other people see things that way.
I just finished writing a very long political rant.
Check it out and tell me what you think :)
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Date: 2006-06-01 09:04 pm (UTC):D