the end... for now

ok, heres the deal. and by the way i noticed my last post was a while back; i had meant to be more dilligent than that - my apologies. so since i last wrote i went to el paso, which was nice, and then spent six nights in austin. its a great city, and i very well may end up there, but i couldnt make the decision to commit that quickly, not to mention i was living in a hotel spending money quickly. so i decided to come back to new york, at least for a little while, get some rest, maybe make some money, and figure out exactly what it is im looking for.

but obviously austin to new york takes more than a day, so i went from austin to birmingham, alabama for one night. go look at a map for a second... it was a personal best - over 800 miles in aboot 13 hours, crossing half of texas, louisiana, mississippi, and half of alabama. the ultimate goal was to make it all the way to atlanta (wouldve been 1000 miles) but i just got too tired and sleepy, so i stopped in birmingham.

obviously with the goal of going to atlanta, the next morning i arrived at mikes house. it was an unplanned visit, so it just consisted of lunch, afternoon drinking, and going out drinking at night - but it was excellent, as visiting mike always is.

the next morning i left the atl and drove to north carolina to check out atoms new digs. it was very nice and he seems to be enjoying himself there. we hung out for a bit in chapel hill and later went to a massive state fair, which was bizarre but fun. i had a fried twinkie, which started out tasty, but by the end i really wanted it to be gone from my tummy.

i had made a motel reservation in southern new jersey, aboot seven hours from atoms, but when i got there it looked like a crackhouse. so i searched around maple shade, nj for an alternative lodging, but found nothing good. i went into a quality inn which looked just ok, but they wanted 80 bucks, so i just decided to soldier on home. it was supposed to be two-and-a-half more hours, but as the approaching-new-york traffic makes the rules, it took almost four. but i made it back in one piece, and put a fitting end on a journey that took me almost eleven-thousand miles and sixty days across the country. i hope you all have enjoyed reading this; ive certainly enjoyed both experienceing and writing aboot it all... im just wondering what the next adventure might be.