Road Trip

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I just got back home to California after a 3 week road trip with my 25 year old son. One week was spent in Philadelphia, my home town, and 2 weeks were spent driving thru 13 states. It's been so long since my hitchhiking hippie days, I forgot what a mind blowing country this is. Sleeping in rest stops, going wherever the wind blows us, seeing the eagle on the wing at 12,000 feet...man...that's freedom in the purest sense of the word. We also got to a couple ballparks. A day in NYC to take in a game at Yankee stadium, a Phillies game at their new park, and a stop in Kansas City to take in a Royals game in their beautiful, but deserted Kaufmann Stadium. This was a trip that dreams are made of. There were traces of the late 60's and early 70's in some parts of the trip. Little farm towns with bored deputy sheriffs, just looking for a reason to screw with a long-haired dude with California license plates. Sitting down in a southern Indiana cafe and having to listen to youngsters talking like rednecks from "Easy Rider". It's all there...the good, bad and utterly fantastic. This trip reinforced my attitude...I love this country; I just hate the scene.