In March, Nathan and I took our son and his best friend (oh yes, and the dog) on a spring break road trip to Red Rock Canyon near Las Vegas. We shared a delightful week of travel, camping, hiking and rock climbing, met up with friends and family along the way, made some music and lots of memories together. It inspired this song:

There’s just so much to live for
And there’s only so much time
But time don’t mind
It keeps on coming

I went out on the road
to have a look at my life
To see what I could let go
To count the moments in yellow stripes

I passed through the prairie
And over the great plains
Nathan read me a story
We saw the migrating sand hill cranes

And then we made out the mountains
On the far far horizon
We felt so good that we found them
We remembered we missed them

There’s just so much to live for
And there’s only so much time
But time don’t mind
It keeps on coming

The red rocks in the desert
The full moon in the night
Four wheels and a soft bed
Food and water and steadfast friends

We walked on the strip
We climbed on the stone
We sang to each other
We never left home

Now I’m back in Saint Paul
where I park my car
But I carry the road
Wherever I have to go

There’s just so much to live for
And there’s only so much time
But time don’t mind
It keeps on coming
Time don’t mind
It keeps on coming