this is how it goes: you make plans, the earth rotates, and you end up back in manali. we went to mandi with the intention of seeing a lake, going to the valley of flowers, etc. etc. we got there and after one night i was making a list of places to go, feeling doubts about the lake, missing the higher mountains, i got natalie to draw from my hand. it was manali, so we got on a bus and made a return trip. these bus rides are beautiful, but always on the edge of a great possible fall. we like to make a list of divine reasons we went to mandi, only to come back. i'm inclined to laugh at reason. we're in india. on the bus to mandi, these two young indian boys, also
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