Sorta Songlines

I love you baby, but you gotta understand

When the Lord made me

He made a Ramblin' Man.

Some folks might say that I'm no good

That I wouldn't settle down if I could

But when that open road starts to callin' me

There's somethin' o'er the hill that I gotta see

Sometimes it's hard but you gotta understand

When the Lord made me, He made a Ramblin' Man.

~ Hank Williams Sr.

Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day's journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend. - Christina Rossetti

When you have completed 95 percent of your journey, you are only halfway there. - Japanese proverb

There is no happiness for the man who does not travel. Living in the society of men, the best man becomes a sinner. Therefore, wander. - Aitareya Brahmana

O Public Road You express me better than I can express myself. You shall be more to me than my poem. - Walt Whitman

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them determined by the will-whatever we may think. - Lawrence Durrell

A child on a farm sees a plane fly by overhead and dreams of a faraway place. A traveler on the plane sees the farmhouse and dreams of home. - Carl Burns

Some days, all travelling is, is staring out a bug-smeared, rain-soaked windshield at the back of a semi. - Ryan Short

When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money. - Susan Heller

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe. - Anatole France

It's a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to. - J.R.R. Tolkien

One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. - Henry Miller

When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. - William Least Heat Moon

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. - Lao Tzu

Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone. - The Dhammapada

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. - Robert Louis Stevenson

Tuesday, December 19

Morro Bay, CA

I pulled into the state park in town, fully resigned to coughing up the cash to camp. The check-in booth was empty but had a list of unoccupied sites and a reminder to check in and pay the $20 fee by 10am. I meandered through the park and found a spot amongst all the families enjoying their x-mas break. First I cooked: chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, hot chocolate. Then I watched TV (Rocinante has a flip down TV) and sipped Scotch. Then I took a hot shower. Then I realized all that was left was to sleep, and I could do that anywhere. Then I left and found a nice little side street where I could sleep and keep my $20.

The next morning I found a camera shop in San Luis Obispo where I could get my camera cleaned. Afterwards I went back to Morro Bay and gave my day to the ocean. In return she gave me the sunset.

1 Comments:

Anonymous said...: I think my little brother is one of the neatest, cleverest, coolest guys on this planet! I love you! Merry Christmas Baby Brother. Enjoy the ocean a little for me, too.
~ Amy; 9:37 PM