Well, I registered to vote in NYC so I’ll have to go back there next month. I decided to head west, and we all know that if you head west from NYC, you eventualy end up in Chicago (well you have to go around a lake or two)–naturaly I bought a my very first copy of the reader and I cut out Cecil’s column for my scrap book.
My mom convinced me to stop by home (Texas) so that’s where I am now, she’s been trying to get me to stay but I’ve been here a day and I’m feeling restless already.
My PCMCIA modem died so I have no internet access from the road anymore. I plan on getting another one from my dad in a couple days, so hopefully that problem won’t last much longer.
I’ve only spent $112 so far, so I’d say I’m going pretty well, I don’t plan on stopping any time soon.
There are alot more drifters in americia than I previously thought, I’ve been at this for a month and I’ve already met six others.
Wisdom from the road:
- Homeless people are almost always kind.
- Bus stations are not a good place to sleep. (see #6)
- It’s hard to leave New England without seeing it all.
- No matter what action movies tell you, you can not leap from a moving train. (don’t beleive me? I have the busted chin to prove it.)
- A tent is a hitchhiker’s best friend.
- Skateboarders are assholes (some of them stole my backpack in Philidelphia–I chased them down and got it back. bastards.)
- Two ways not to get mugged: a)look like you don’t have any money. b)look like you have a gun.
- Police are assholes, and they hate drifters (I haven’t been to a major city where I wasn’t hastled)