planning a trip

A bike trip.

With my nephew who just got out of the army.

A snippet of the route here, a snippet of the route there.

There is a destination but it's secondary.

More or less, write down the segments to ride and string them altogether.

Goals are fine but sometimes it's not about the destination.

Sometimes it's about the journey.

Vistas need to be seen, hollers explored.
Small restaurants need to be found.
Low cost motels in the back country need to be discovered.
Enjoy the ride and wave at people.

I'll have him read Kerouac and I will read, hmm, what else, Pirsig.

We shall both write.

We will visit the Parthenon and turn back north on a different route.

Never the same road twice.

If the stars are in our favor we will hook up with other riders along the way.

There is a mobile community out there and we are members as long as we ride.

Leave the bike parked in the garage and you are merely a pretender.

Ride, just ride.

With friends.