I boarded a plane in New Orleans, and the thermometer was holding steady at 80 degrees. I rode the plane through sunny skies and landed in Chicago, where it was holding steady at 30 with more than six inches of snow on everything. It was, by far, the most snow I've ever seen.
Behold! The Snow Queen.
Before long, the novelty of all this nonsense wore away. Snow is cold, and unpleasant, and it wets your feet more or less constantly. I do not like snow.
It snowed again yesterday, making 2007-2008 the 7th snowiest season since 1884-1885 and the snowiest winter of my lifetime! Behold the might of the Queen of Winter!
Life is too short. I couldn't take the push and the drive and the pressure anymore, so I abandoned civilization indefinitely to become a drifter. I sold my car and set out on foot to traverse America with just my boots and my backpack.The best way to contact me is through comments on this blog (where I will post photos, updates, and other content as internet access permits) and through my Facebook page. You can get to that page through the list of links towards the bottom of the page. There's no set period of time for this trip-- I'll drift and tramp and wander until I don't want to anymore. As Conner Oberst sang "I'm gonna follow the road and let the scenery sweeping by easily enter my body. And I'll send you all this message in code- under ground, over mountains, through forests, deserts and cities- all across the electric wire, it's a baited line. The hook's in deep boys, there is no more time. So, you can struggle in the water and be too stubborn to die, or you could just let go and be lifted to the sky."
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It snowed again yesterday, making 2007-2008 the 7th snowiest season since 1884-1885 and the snowiest winter of my lifetime! Behold the might of the Queen of Winter!
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