Christmas Day and we roll out of Sonoma County at 5 pm hoping to catch a break in traffic through the East Bay. Wrong—very wrong. Freeways were jammed but once again the Minnie and the Jeep begin the long trek to Death Valley via a stop in Valyermo to visit “our” monks during their long pilgrimage as guests of the Benedictines at St. Andrew’s Priory.
Although it was only 3 hours to Kit Fox RV Park it was hard time. Quick showers, a little TV, let the dogs chase a few rabbits and we were ready to hit the sack for a long driving day on Saturday. We were reflecting on how the Pope and I have something in common—we both have been attacked on Christmas Eve during Midnight Mass. I was attacked by a soprano in my choir who suffered a psychotic break and thought I was the devil; the Holy Father was attacked by a nutcake who slipped past security and pulled down an elderly man. What a sick world. I wonder if the red-jacketed woman who went for the Pope was also a soprano?
The weather is not promising but I long to be back on the desert. I will keep you posted on the inevitable stories that travel brings.
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