Ryan, Aquene and I talked about Bhopal till late on Sunday night. What I can do, how much time I have. Then Aquene and I decided to try to steal some time on Monday from the conference and run away into the hills in Sedona. We also heard others were going. I think I barely slept this entire weekend. I slept a few hours and woke up, got dressed and got to Aquene's place near the conference venue about half hour late. We got on the road and then started to call people for directions on how to get to Sedona. The drive was beautiful. The couple of quaint restaurants we stopped at were closed. Too early I guess for Arizona. In Sedona we hiked up to this rock called chicken point and just lay sprawled on it staring at the sky and the passing tourist planes and helicopters... talking talking talking. Pretty soon our 2 hours budgeted time at that place was up. Aquene scared a few lizards along the way. I was having so much fun in Arizona that I didnt want to leave. I guess a part of me was glad when we hit traffic due to construction. Getting to the airport I got a different flight. We ran into Shekhar and the three of us spent the next few hours talking till it was finally time to go. The security lines were long and I had to make a dash for the gate. But when I got there the plane hadnt yet arrived. Aquene walked to my gate since I was still around. We talked some more. Soon it was time to end the fun weekend and say goodbyes. We promised to meet up again in a couple of weeks when she'd come to Dallas for a conference. I invited her to an AID Dallas CSH to talk to all the volunteers about Bhopal. Sleep finally engulfed me the moment I sat down in the plane and I slept.
