misfoks | On the road again...

Goodbye CO, hello CA. This will be the first long-distance journey I've made alone in a few years now. No gypsytrip this time though. The back of the truck's too full, and it's getting too cold for that.

It does bring that last trip back to mind, though. It was late spring, I had a futon and camping gear in the back, no particular deadlines to hurry me, and only the pleasantly hopeful expectations of a new frontier, a warm reception from the pretty girl who awaited me, and all the adventures which would unfold from both. I'll still look back on that continent-wide trek with memories of the pleasantly warm sunshine and fresh green countryside which accompanied me along the way, a mixed sense of luxurious lack of care and delicious anticipation.

There's snow expected this weekend, so this is just a quick break before loading up the last of my material possessions before heading out and trying to beat the weather, which seems once again to play the theme for travel. Leaden skies and uneasy winds reflect the introspection which will accompany me in the next few days of solitude.

Kinley will be with me at least. Yup, I've got mah dawg, mah truck, mah wummun's done gone, and I'm a-travellin' across the lonesome Western plains. I feel a yodel coming on. Got all my photo gear stashed within easy reach, and if I'm lucky I'll run across sights worth using some of it on, so stay tuned.