may 9 day minus 1 one by one i have abandoned the accoutrements of the old life. just ditching my keys left me feeling naked. but what use have i for keys now? no house. no car. no office. no storage of useless possessions. i have no need for keys. and now most of the rest has gone with the keys. boxed up, and sent away. leaving me with nothing but what i think i Read more
day minus 2 promising beginning. after a long day driving we were going to stop in allentown pa. unfortunately all allentown interstates were under construction. road signs were pretty much nonexistent, so we pulled off on an exit to check the map and figure out where we were. what good luck! the exit we picked was a toll road going the wrong way. we got off at the first opportunity and $2.10 poorer began a Read more
stage one tennessee to road island 1200 miles 1.5 days this is the easiest leg in some ways. not so much in others. sitting in a car is really bad for the circulation in my leg. i am stopping every 2 hours and getting out to stretch. i learned the hard way that a day of unbroken driving would leave me unable to walk.
i cant believe it. since i set the starting date, last july, it alternately seemed like the day would never come, and seemed like it would come too soon… all depending on how my training was going. either way, it was some future event, more like a movie or a book, than something in real life. now i leave tomorrow. so many things will be different, that you never really even think about. i realized Read more
i cant believe it. since i set the starting date, last july, it alternately seemed like the day would never come, and seemed like it would come too soon… all depending on how my training was going. either way, it was some future event, more like a movie or a book, than something in real life. now i leave tomorrow. so many things will be different, that you never really even think about. i realized Read more