Home safe and sound no worse off than before not saying much but it’s true. Got unpacked but definitely don’t want to stay put so other plans must be constructed.
While in Raytown the thought of a train west would seem perfect. Except it absolutely wasn’t. While I do long for the thought of a romantic past that never existed excluding in movies, books etc. Let me say again it never existed in the first place. There was also another problem.
It’s to damn fast. A train from here to California would take approximately 2 days or so including transfers. It could take longer, a layover here a break there but that also has a loss, one of control. The whole point of this thing was doing it all at my leisure. If i want to spend more time in a place then I can for no other reason than i wish too. With the train a clock becomes more important. That, for me, is the very antithesis of this journey. Arrival is not the point as much as the journey is.
No train no ADT. What next? How bout a combo. The death of my truck due to a mechanical problem caused me to get a car I didn’t want but had to have. Even while on my trip, walk, vacation, whatever id be paying for a vehicle that at its best would be nothing more than a placeholder in a parking lot.
So I’ve got a car and plenty of time. I’ve also got camping equipment and a destination, several of them actually. With this new plan maybe bunches more. It’s completely up to me and i dig that.
Ready Teddy(not a misspelling) Go.
To be continued…
Meanderings Of An Abject Fool 
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