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Nick, is one who NEEDS nature. He works in a demanding job, he's a good parent, and all this means he needs to get away every so often to "sleep on the dirt" and think about life.

I'm going to invite him out for an s24o. The weather is cold in Santa Barbara right now, but there's no ice on the ground and I'm sure we'll be cozy in our respective tents.

The thing I'm looking forward to on this tour is music. My pal has recently been listening to a LOT of music. We went to college together and were roommates for two years. Among my many great memories is our trips to the music store to flip through new and used LPs. Sometimes I'd take a risk on something in the dollar bin and we'd bring it back to our dorm room for an audition. If it "sucked" we'd actually smash the record against the wall or frisbee it into the night (we were not ecologists at the time, that's changed).

Once in awhile, we'd spin something incredible and sit back enjoying the perfect mix of guitar, bass, drums, and vocals.

I'm looking forward to an s24o with iPods pre-loaded with our current favorites. Nick has been exploring in the area of Country Music (me too -- NEVER would I have predicted this) and I'm looking forward to sharing some recent finds in the genre I like to call "bands trying to sound like Joy Division."

We'll ride out to the one of our sites, plug in some powered speakers and listen to some songs as if it were the early 80s and we were in our old dorm room. For a few hours, our lives will be as uncomplicated as they were back before they unfolded like giant, unweildy maps. We'll ride back to our current, wonderful lives with new energy and new appreciation for our good fortune to be mobile, musical, and in touch.

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