Coastal Challenge Reflection
Written Saturday, Feb 10, 2007
Salinas Bay


For one week we’re thrown together,
Testing our mettle as we took The Challenge.

Over the same path
Seeing the same sights
Eating the same food
Sleeping under the same stars
Sharing the same pain ---
As bonds are formed.

We’re Costa Ricans, we’re Americans,
Irish or Lithuanian……

We’re business people… educators… pig farmers…
Lawyers and doctors…. Environmental planners…..
Writers…
Fathers…mothers…friends…
Competitors…volunteers….staff.

Yet in this week of common experiences,
This week of shared conversations, frustrations…
This week of laughs, tears, pain, sickness, beauty,
Pride and disapointment, work and play,
Boredom and stimulation……

I’m taking home a little from each person-
Your character, your caring,
Your love and laughter,
Your smile and thoughts and kind words.

May our paths cross again somewhere!
In a beautiful place…
On a soft trail…
Somewhere in the mountains or a lovely valley,
Where familiar faces lead to smiles and shared memories of TCC 07!


Pura Vida!!

Jane Kellogg