In The Dark

Yesterday was perfect.

Herself, her cherished friend, and her Beloved made a pilgrimage to one of her very favorite places on the planet yesterday:  Carlsbad Caverns.  They participated in a guided spelunking tour, The Hall of the White Giant.  It was marvelous.

There were eight participants, plus two guides.  The passageways were squeezy at times, and it required a fair amount of balance and exertion and imagination to get to where it was necessary to go.  There was a point when all the members of the group extinguished their headlamps and sat in the obsidian obscurity of total darkness. 

It was like nothing Herself had ever done before.

Herself harbors some non-trivial aversion towards the dark and also towards tightly enclosed spaces.  Yet, with her companions nearby, she summoned bravery she was not sure she had.  She conquered.

It was with a great sadness that she left the Caverns.  The experience was sheer joy.   She must plan the next adventure soon.