It is great to be away from the maddening crowd.
Away from southern California on travel, it so refreshing to be among folks -- regular folks -- just working to make a living and enjoy their lives. Folks who smile and share a bit of humor with strangers during breakfast. Folks who talk about enjoying the great outdoors. Folks enjoying a more pedestrian pace of life.
Yeah, the weather in southern California is certainly enjoyable. But the cost of living, frenetic pace of life, expanses of pavement, and incessant crowds are not missed even a little bit.
It may be purely illusory, but the folks encountered during this period of travel seem more genuine. They seem more concerned with one another. They seem calmer. They seem happier. All in all, it seems a much friendlier environment.
All too soon it will be time to fly back to southern California.
Before then, it is uplifting to be away from the maddening crowd.
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