Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore

It was a quick visit, but the sculpture is amazing.

Getting the van fixed in Mitchell

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Mitchell, SD on Sunday

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The Mississippi

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Homeless woman in Cleveland

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Van broke down in Cleveland

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Oil change

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I could smell the grapes @ the PA line

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Last stop in NY

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Open Bags of Potato Chips

My adventure is less than a week away. I'm glad to be getting out of here. Living with my mother and her boyfriend is really getting to me. It is a toxic environment - physically and emotionally - and I think both have taken their toll on my body.

They both smoke... Jamie chain smokes. I can't breath. I've been breathing in so much smoke, I'm sure I will go through withdrawl when I get out of here.

These people eat crap all the time. This house is never without ice cream, doughnuts, potato chips, dead animal flesh or bland white bread products. I can only do so much to resist. How can I walk away from an open bag of potato chips? I've been eating like shit.


I've gained weight and my digestive system has gone to hell. Half of it is the toxic overload of the food I've been eating and half of it is the stress of living here. My stomach always hurts. Sometimes I think I eat just to stop the pain in my stomach for a little while.

I have fantasies of my own apartment.... my own kitchen. When I'm in the store I can resist buying potato chips (the bags are always closed) I won't buy the toxic nutrient devoided, white bread products any more. Nestle products will be forbidden. I won't have to listen to my mother saying, "You're such a fanatic." There will be no dead cows in my kitchen. "They kill the cows anyways." I will buy can after can of artichoke hearts. "You spend money like you have it." Fuck it... I'll buy fresh artichokes!!! ... and avocados... and asparagus... and raspberries. I would buy vegetables that I never heard of.

There will be NO smoking in my apartment. And God help anyone I catch smoking outside my apartment door. I'll be like, "You want to smoke, you crazy suicidal bastard!!!" Then I would set their hair on fire. I would do time for assault, but then when I got back, no one would dare smoke near me. Then I could breath clean air. Ahhhhh.

I would go out and buy a houseplant. I would be responsible for another life. I would feel so adult.


Speaking of being an adult... I would go out and buy small appliances. I have fantasies of 12 horse power food processors. Weeeee!! I could puree bricks.

In reality... when I get to Portland I have to FIND and apartment, and FIND a job... so I can buy brick pureeing food processors.

Embrace the new.

Embrace the new

On September 20, 2006 I drive off into the Sunset. I'm leaving Buffalo for good. Packing all my worldly possessions in the back of a rented vehicle, I'm hitting the road and driving west. I won't stop till I get to Portland Oregon. When I get there, there is nothing certain. I sort of have a place to stay. I'm sure I'll be able to get some sort of employment. Nothing is certain though, nothing is carved in stone.

Along the way I'm sure to have minor adventures. Hopefully none of them involve blood or physical pain or finanacial hardship.




I'm leaving Buffalo behind, but as I drive west I am driving into the unknown.




Along the way I intend to visit the Badlands in South Dakota.



I also am going to see Yellowstone National Park.

I will be driving by myself, enjoying my solitary adventure. However, I will occasionally post photos here with my camera phone. So you might be able to enjoy my trip with me.



This is the Portland skyline with Mount Hood in the background.




This is Hell's Canyon. It looks closer to heaven to me.




This is the Oregon coastline. I have never seen the Pacific Ocean.



I'm totally excited about my future. I have so much to look forward to.