My Beloved Golden State

My gorgeous California, in the hills between the ocean and the Central Valley. My mom and I drove up to Morro Bay on main highways, then took wending, winding roads back through the golden hills, roads that twisted endlessly or stretched out as far as one could see into the hazy golden distance. Something about being in this state that makes me want to be here - I was talking with Ani about this today, and we both agreed that we want to go places, want to travel and explore and see new places, but no matter where we go, we're Californians at heart. We'll always end up back here. I know that's true for me because of the overwhelming sense of coming home I felt as the plane from NY landed at LAX, bringing my sojourn in Italy to a close. But even though I had left Italy, it took months for me to really start to long to go back, because I was so happy to be home in this place. This golden, mountainous, hilly, smoggy place that is full of faults and still perfectly wonderful simply because it's home.

Haha. Faults, get it?...... earthquake joke. We're all geeks and weirdos over here in Cali.

Labels: california, travel

posted by Holly @ 11:11 PM