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When experience is intrinsically rewarding life is justified in the present, instead of being held hostage to a hypothetical future gain - Spring Road Trip Part 3

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"When experience is intrinsically rewarding life is justified in the present, instead of being held hostage to a hypothetical future gain" ~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi After the Paria River Canyon adventure and eating 2 dinners, first a steak at the local kitchen in Cliff Dwellers, then some Mexican food in Kanab after showering at a campground, we started our journey back north. Not having much time to find a campsite but pursuing a new route north, we wound around and through the hills before coming to rest up on a large peninsula overlooking a river bottom and endless hills on all sides of us. There was no fire ring yet, so I gathered rocks, dug a hole and built a ring, this is one of my favorite activities to spend creative energy on. A fire pit usually gets used numerous times and people sit around it to share their stories and culture while getting precious meditation time just staring at flames. So we started the first fire for this pit, and had a nice hot fire to r...