Finally the fall weather is starting to creep into Missouri. The highs during the days are in the low 70's and at night with the windows open a cool breeze makes sleeping with a warm comforter necessary. I love this weather. This is exactly how the weather was when i visited the tiny island of Bornholm in Denmark one spring while in college.

I had never traveled abroad before and honestly was a bit ill prepared. I imagined, as well as most of my trip mates, that since we were traveling to an island during the spring the weather would be pleasantly warm. Of course we were all wrong. The air was crisp and although the sun came up at 3:00 am every morning and went down at 10:00 pm every night the chill of winter still blew through the Baltic sea winds. I made due with the sweaters and jeans I had brought. Even doubling up on the layers on those nights I waited until midnight and rode my rented World War II era bicycle to town to use the pay phone.

This weather brings it all back for me. All of those wonderful moments of feeling so alive with possibility I thought I was going to burst. Riding bikes along the coastline of fine sand, drinking beer as dark and rich as cream soda, standing under the deafening noise of a wind turbine. This is the time of new beginnings for me. Fall and this weather reminds me of how little I know of the world and of myself. I am ready to wander, and so thankful for all the places I have been that inspire me to keep going.