Tripping Back

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After three days of spinning in the valley, and likely pissing off as many people as we made happy, we loaded ourselves into the wheeled manor and headed home. Isabella (the newborn that was the focus of our visit) cried when we had to leave.

Twenty five miles uphill to the top of the Tejon Pass via the Grapevine, and then dropping at nearly twice the rate we climbed, lead us right by my sista's house. And then 300 miles of mostly flat, mostly level, and mostly windy terrain. Passing signs reading, "Congress Created Dustbowl" marking areas that once were farmlands.

I think the last time we drove this route was when that drunken idiot driving his Porsche slammed into our rear at over 100mph, nearly killing us. Too bad he survived, I thought.

The Sacramento Delta's rice fields were flooded reminding me of the soldiers lost wading through the ones in Vietnam. Seemed odd that the farmlands we just passed though were dry, but we are still growing lots of rice.

A night's rest and back at it again. Past Redding. Everything is getting greener. Up and up again, Shasta Lake, oh so pretty. Then down, down, and down. A left turn, past the elk reserves, and taa taah! The coast. A right turn on the left coast. A few more miles.

And then I saw him. Holy Crap! It was that bum in the fisherman's outfit that I met a few weeks ago. He was heading south from Old Town. Could it be? Could he be the hero I searched all over for this past week? He had a gimmick. An outfit just like all heroes had. Superman, Batman, Mighty Mouse all had outfits.

No, not my hero. This bum has never contributed to society, but has only been a leech. No, if I had a hero, he would be someone like Ollie North, not this pile of crap.

Well, aap, I guess I really don't have a hero, nor do I see much good left in this world. All I can do is try to be good and do what I can to keep the world from eroding even further. And I pray that my grandchildren will be able to enjoy the life I have, and sit with me at the Thought Dock before it all dries up.
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