In about half an hour I will bid adieu to all my friends in Missouri and head out. If all goes well with the Cruiser, I will be in New York City tomorrow.
Oh, for the open road!
P.S.
I am totally gobsmacked by the fact that, other than CBA, no one has expressed envy of this road trip. When did the romance leave your lives, peoples?
"It was some years ago that my wife and I and our friends first began to catch on to these roads. We took them once in a while for variety or for a shortcut to another main highway, and each time the scenery was grand and we left the road with a feeling of relaxation and enjoyment. We did this time after time before realizing what should have been obvious: these roads are truly different from the main ones. The whole pace of life and personality of the people who live along them are different. They're not going anywhere. They're not too busy to be courteous. The hereness and nowness of things is something they know all about.It's the others, the ones who moved to the cities years ago and their lost offspring, who have all but forgotten it.The discovery was a real find.
ReplyDeleteI've wondered why it took us so long to catch on. We saw it and yet we didn't see it. Or rather we were trained not to see it. Conned, perhaps, into thinking that the real action was metropolitan and all this was just boring hinterland. It was a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away."
- Robert M. Pirsig,
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Cher, I am sure toute le monde would be with you if they could. Or is it tout?
ReplyDeletePerhaps everyone is afraid of the price of gas.
Meanwhile, I will make up for everyone else by wishing I had been with you 100 times more than I already did.
Next time for sure.