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going forth.

2018-06-10 @ 12:56 a.m.

yesterday, i told boss i was going to work today because thunderstorms had been forecast, but when i woke up it was beautiful outside so i called him to let him know i wasn't coming after all. he already knew what i was going to say before i said it, and wished me a good trip.

i drove north, took a wrong turn and ended up just a few minutes from my favorite ramen place, so i stopped by and saw that it wasn't busy at all, so i stopped in and had my favorite flavor.

i took a few back roads to get to the main highway, but then since i had wasted so much time sitting down and eating, i stayed on it the whole way until i almost reached the northwestern-most tip of nj, where pa and ny intersect with us, and then started my way back down, taking only back roads the whole way.

what a beautiful day. what a beautiful ride.

as i drove, i couldn't stop thinking, "this is what sustains me. this is what gives me life."

the silence of the mountains and the forests. the smell of the summer flowers that grow like weeds and hang from every branch and telephone wire, traveling on the wind and perfuming the air. passing by so many small farms and roadside vegetable stands that smell like manure, damp soil, hay, and green bell peppers. i whipped around the curves of one narrow road with such a steep grade i was worried my little 4 cylinder car wouldn't make the climb, just to reach a break in the trees where i could see miles and miles of the valley below. it was absolutely incredible. i wanted to pull over to take a picture, but there was nowhere to stop except for someone's yard, so i just smiled and drove on.

i came south down through some old towns - hope, harmony, liberty - beautiful old towns with ancient stone bridges and crumbling ruins of revolutionary war structures. so many deer and their little spotted babies, carefully waiting for traffic to pass before crossing the road. a fox cut me off, but luckily i saw him in time. i passed mile after mile of farmland, hot air balloons landing in the field on one side of me, the sun setting on the other, before cutting over far west to come down along the delaware river, through lambertville, then trenton, and finally back to the highway.

i made it to the asian supermarket before it closed to buy my favorite tea, some noodles, and some beautiful strawberries that i hadn't intended on getting but the price was too good. then, to the regular supermarket near home to pick up the rest of my essentials for the week.

all in all, i did about 260 miles today and it was an incredible ride. anyone who talks shit about nj has never really been here. there is so much to see, and so much of it is beautiful and inspiring. i think that i would like to get a room somewhere up there one weekend, in the mountains, just by myself. i don't want to just pass through, i want to absorb as much as i can. maybe i will even get some writing done.