Broad Trip 2008 – October 17 1:50 P.M. I’m sitting in the Alaska Lodge in SeaTac airport waiting for my Bother Matt to get here. We are flying up to Anchorage to meet Mark (the other brother) this afternoon. The plan is to take Deandra’s (Marks oldest daughter) truck down to her in Prescott Arizona. Deandra is barely older then Amanda so I emphasize with Mark about having her go to school so far away. I’m terrified of Amanda and then Jess moving away (I’m also excited for them; emotions that I think are common to all Dads of college age kids…).

I’m sitting here watching people walk by and enjoying people’s conversation around me. Lori can attest that our favorite thing to do is people watch. I love watching the folk that walk by here I the airport. People I the airport are always at there best, they look as good as they can and behave as well as they can, I love imagining what they are really like…


I’m pretty excited about the trip, it reminds me of times when we where young and used to run off to the Cascades with just enough stuff to survive if the fishing was good. I remember coming back from those trips into the wilderness completely happy, in tune with my brothers and in tune with myself.

This trip is fraught with adult type issues too. Matt is a big Obama supporter and I’m not. This will be interesting, I think we are all grown up enough to handle it but we are all Adsitt enough that there will be a heated moment or two. This raises a couple of questions for me. I really like to foster debate, in fact, at work I always try to find someone who really disagrees with my viewpoint to have on my team because I believe that the debate itself develops better opinions. The question is; do my brothers share that style? Lot’s of people don’t appreciate that style so I’m curious to see if it’s a family trait or just mine.


I’m also excited to see a part of the world that I and most people have ever seen. We are crossing the Rockies twice over the next few days, it should be pretty spectacular. I guess at my age it’s normal to worry about things (I think it’s part of being a parent) but I try and put the worry out of my mind. I’m trying to recapture that bulletproof feel that I had when I was young. I think, this is partly because I love that feeling but also because I trust myself and my brothers more than anyone else I the world that we can handle anything that comes our way. This is going to be an awesome trip!


Mike