Colorado Vacation

Road trip begins
early morning
before sun rises
thud of car door
and off we go

past Little Saigon
where immigrants
thrive in my home town
like a postcard
from another country

become accustomed to
smell of garlic
and tonal quality
of new language
- things change

travel through desert
best handled before ten
stop for lunch at Seligman
another long haul before
stopping again

overnight in Holbrook
awake before 5:00 A.M.
cross state borders
dinner in Colorado

arrive at Pagosa Springs
amid predictions of snow
take a trip to Durango
then train to Silverton,

Mesa Verde, and Puebla ruins,
visit Four Corners
vacation is done,
too soon, home again.