The Road Goes On Forever

 Beaufort, SC to Lookout Mountain / Chattanooga, TN to Lawrence, KS The eve of this amazing journey would be one spent collecting, compiling, organizing, and staging all the things I figured we would need for two weeks in the wind. There's an anxiety to it, as though not having every little knickknack on board is going to somehow ruin the adventure, like we're not going to drive right by thousands of retail centers along the way... After all, we are touring the United States, right? Capitalism's very own Mecca? None the less, the gear was gathered and by 11pm I was in bed, but those wheels were already spinning... As such, sleep would be sacrificed over an alter of apprehension. That's to say, I didn't get very much sleep at all. When the light began to shine through my window at dawn, I was long since awake and beginning to think about the RV arriving to the house. I'd set it all up through the rental site to be delivered, so the convenience of not having to mo...

Beaufort, SC - Home Catchy title, eh? I can't take credit... The title happens to be the name of a song by Robert Earl Keen. But given this blog is a sequel to my "On the Healing Road" blog, and especially considering the subject-matter, it was too good'a name not to use! (and it's a catchy tune, too!) From the early days of January 2022, so much has changed in our lives that it's nearly impossible to recount. And sure, that's true for all of us! The only constant is change, right? But some changes will dramatically alter the course of your life and in our case, that is certainly true. For me, Conor, and K9, these years have seen us overcome mountainous events casting long, dark shadows. Our worlds became bleak and without joy for a period of time, testing our respective mettle and shaping the paths we walk in incalculable ways.  Beginning with the passing of my wife / Conor's mother, Sara, and then only months later losing my mother-in-law, Mary Ellen...