Find Your Rabbit Holes

I just went on the best vacation I have been on in ten years, if not my whole life. Dare I divulge the name of my top-secret destination? Sure. It is Barstow, CA. But there is a reason this destination created my perfect vacation; it is one of my “rabbit holes.”
I am a train artist. I have drawn over 1000 of America’s trains, and my highs and lows come from blaring locomotives and heart pounding freight cars. Barstow is located on one of America’s busiest rail-lines.
I live in Davis, about 400 miles to the north of Barstow. I was feeling the need of the muse, so called a hotel down there, and made a getaway package for about $90 a night and $40 each way in gas for my little car.
To me, Barstow is a “rabbit hole.” It is a place that calls to me. It is a place that I find special for my own particular reason. Because of this, I have a hunger to return to it.
We all have our “rabbit holes”-our favorite restaurants, our favorite vacation spots, and our favorite books. Trying to explain the significance of these “rabbit holes” can often seem silly. “Why do I drive four hundred miles to see a train track when there is a train track running right through the town I live?” I just do.
You may be in a greasy spoon and cannot explain why you like the cheesecake there. Every Thursday night you find yourself drawn there. Friends say, “There she goes again, eight o’ clock, going to Sullivan’s, all alone, to get her cheesecake fix.” You can’t explain it. But for some reason, there is more than just fork hitting cheesecake and more than cheesecake hitting palate. The un-matted poster of Paris on the wall seems to do something special for you as you sit there all alone. You don’t know why. The world has rabbit holes. Enjoy them.

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