We started the Art Trail!

After dinner I did feel a bit better! And we climbed up to the top of the hill to see the ‘Colossal Statue’ of Old Father Moon, complete with his Old Moon halo. By now I’d sorted out how to use the phone camera and got this pretty good shot across the valley, just as the sun came up.

Just to be clear about Lunar days – they are 29 Earth days long. So, sunrise to sunset is 14+ days, quite a long time. We’re planning to do the whole trail, 120 km, in that single day. I am hoping my legs will feel less wobbly soon…

Old Father Moon is the beginning (or the end) of the Trail, the other end being another colossal statue, Lady Luna. So we’re progressing from male to female. ‘Just like civilisation’, says Ava, our Historian.

I should explain about us. We were one, now we are six. We split our abilities and a limited amount of our memories amongst the our new, far less capable, human brains so as to be able to manage by communal effort, just like our ancestors at the beginning of the Expansion Era.

So we are…

Ava, our historian. One of the original human feeds to our Company was also a historian, and Ava was her name, so in some sense she has been re-created here.

Darina, our relationship manger. She’s cheerful and outgoing and her job is to keep us all together and also ensure we get on with other corporeal consciousnesses, of which there are very many on the Moon.

Naomi, our doctor. She needs to keep our human bodies comfortable, ensuring we get food, water and sleep as needed.

Carys, our artist. His job is to appreciate the Art on the Art Trail and deep write his impressions for us to share later as a new Company (this is cheating a bit on the ‘only use old technology’ rule but there’s not much point going on an Art Trail if you don’t remember appreciating it).

Rick, our trail leader. His job is to navigate the many hazards of this physical world and keep our bodies safe from accidental damage. As well as to keep us on schedule!

And finally me. Paolo, with my digital phone camera device. My job is to be ignorant, to remember as little as possible of our former lives, so that everything here is wonderful to me.

So far I’m sorry but that’s not happening. I just have sore legs, and now a bit of a sore tummy. I’m not sure that the body I’m in was properly prepared.

But the statue was pretty impressive, I have to admit. And tomorrow we walk to Rocket Lake… sounds exciting. If I can sleep. I’m not sure how you do that.