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Five Minute Friday: RISK

February 21, 2020 by admin 12 Comments

Kate said RISK

Kate said RISK

Summer of 1983, hubs and I took our first extended road trip. We left south Florida and went all the way to the panhandle of Idaho. We drove across the USA on the southern route, which took us across the panhandle of Texas and into New Mexico.

New Mexico is when it got interesting.

High Risk Route

We were driving along, following our map, when we came to a road sign with barricades.

High Risk Road for the next 30 miles – TRAVEL AT YOUR OWN RISK.

A no-brainer

We looked at one another and said, “Let’s do it!” The road was wrought with potholes, rocks, cow crossings, and some of the most beautiful sites of the entire road trip. It was late summer and the grove of Aspens was a sparkling, golden light show in the warm sunlight. We walked through the trees and saw carvings dating back into the 1800’s. We left our initials in a tree too!

It was a risk

But one we were willing to take. We made it through without incident and we still talk about it all these years later.

Kate said RISK. Are you willing to take risks? @fiveminutefriday

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How about you?

Do you take risks? Do you do things afraid? Or, do you hang back and wonder, “What if?”

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  1. Lesley says

    February 21, 2020 at 11:44 am

    Sounds like a memorable trip! And yes, I’ve learned I have to do things afraid – otherwise I wouldn’t do very much at all!

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    • admin says

      February 21, 2020 at 12:01 pm

      Isn’t it the truth, Lesley?

      Reply
  2. Jennifer Smith says

    February 21, 2020 at 12:46 pm

    I have to be honest and say that I’m sure neither my hubs or I would have gone forward. We would have so turned around. And missed it:( (makes me wonder what else we may have missed!!?)

    Definitely not much of risk-takers here:)

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    • admin says

      February 21, 2020 at 1:39 pm

      That so surprises me, Jennifer!!!

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  3. Andrew Budek-Schmeisser says

    February 21, 2020 at 3:45 pm

    When the sign says ‘No Admittance’,
    I will just admit myself,
    for punishment is a mere pittance
    compared to what is on the shelf
    that I strive and jump to reach,
    and then, when I can grasp the prize
    the world around me is pale-bleached
    by what’s beheld now in my eyes.
    It’s not a person, place or thing
    that so excites the joyous senses;
    it’s the feelings that I bring
    for leaping these forbidden fences.
    In priceless currency I am paid;
    for I have shown I’m not afraid.

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    • admin says

      February 21, 2020 at 4:28 pm

      Will you please stop jumping…and no more leaping. Ya hear ole man? xoxo

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      • Andrew Budek-Schmeisser says

        February 21, 2020 at 6:18 pm

        ‘Tis the joy that makes me jump,
        and belief inspires the leap.

        XOXOXO back!

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        • admin says

          February 22, 2020 at 7:19 am

          Well, one thing we know….Andrew has not lost his mo-jo!

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  4. Tara says

    February 21, 2020 at 5:34 pm

    Sometimes the risk is totally worth taking! 😉

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    • admin says

      February 22, 2020 at 7:17 am

      You’ve taken some!

      Reply
  5. Mandy says

    February 21, 2020 at 5:46 pm

    What fun!
    I have found that isn’t Google maps can sometimes be a risk. We took a family vacation to Gatlinburg one year. We thought we were heading up to Chattanooga them Knoxville and on it to Sevierville but no Google took us straight up the mountain and back down. That was a memorable trip as well.

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    • admin says

      February 22, 2020 at 7:18 am

      NOT trustworthy!!! In 1983..Google was a foreign word!

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