Well, last night before bed some people were going to do a sweat lodge at 5am.  I thought it sounded like a great idea so I set my alarm and dragged my body out of bed only to see that the fire wasn't even started yet.  I realize that people live heavily in the "ish" here so I set my alarm for an hour later with the same result.  Oh well,  it was kind of nice getting up early and lounging around until I had to get up for my desk shift at 8.

Sara, Kate and I - who seem to have formed an adventure squad - took off for Crestone, CO around noon when I was done on desk.  This woman who we met was breaking ground today on her spiritual goddess center and gave us a flier with directions incase we wanted to come.  Well, we went.  2 hrs 45 min drive to arrive in Crestone, which by the way, is an adorable little town.  We ate lunch at a delicious cafe and perused the "free box" where Sara scored a new dress.  We then drove around the Crestone area for over an hour trying to find this place. We called her, but her phone was off, and her directions were... a little vague at times. We were just about to give up, in fact trying to find the exit when we saw a human and as we pulled over we realized that we were at the described location all of the sudden.  We got out of the car and there was Jodi! She had been napping and no one else, besides her boyfriend, was there.  I felt a little awkward about it because it was a total surprise for her that we were there, but the other girls felt fine.  We got a quick tour and made ourselves comfortable under the wooden framework that looked like an inverted basket. This is her temple.  We sat together and made prayer ties - taking a piece of cloth, filling it with cedar/rose pedals/ and sage and also with our prayer for whatever was on our hearts.  Since it is a goddess temple a lot of our prayers were for woman kind and the like - it was a really beautiful ceremony.  We then took time to weave some pieces of cloth through the basket creating shelter, including our prayer ties and various other offerings, and before you knew it we had all created a beautiful temple.

By the end I was really glad we were there for her.  While she was praying she started to cry.  She is having a hard time between breaking up with her boyfriend and having a pre-teen daughter who is distant.  I was glad we could be there for her, maybe provide a little support when she would have otherwise been alone.  Makes you think we were called to go for a reason...

On the drive home we stopped in Alamosa to visit the San Luis Brewing Company.  I just happened to have that empty growler in my car from Asheville and so we stopped to fill it.  And you'll never believe, but some guy bought our growler for us.  He was just a nice guy in his 20s who told the bar tender he would buy our drinks, not realizing we were purchasing a growler which was obviously a "to-go" beverage.   But we thanked him and talked for a few minutes before continuing on our way.  We just thought it was hilarious that 2 outings in a row we had been gifted with free drinks.  I'm sure it's all the other two beautiful girls that I hang out with because this kind of thing never happens to me.  They just exude so much light and happiness that people are drawn to them.

We drove home safely, complete with engaging conversation.  Drank a beer and went to bed.  Another glorious adventure with the Snowmansion girls :)