I received an email from Lyon [who I first mentioned on this blog in the post "'arctic quest' & the inspiration behind 'project pedal'"] in respose to the last entry about Amanda’s “epiphany” while watching ‘Thumbsucker’. It read:

I just took a look at the project pedal website to see how all was going for you. I think Amanda got it right….living in the moment is what those trips are about…..or at least what they end up being about whether you intended for that or not. I think you learn to go with the flow on those trips whereas, when you have a routine, a job, school, you’re in whirlpool, going round and round, learning what to expect, and one day ends up looking very much like the one before. But on the trip, it’s always changing, always different, and you don’t know what to expect and therefore you don’t…..you go with the flow and enjoy.