On the road again.

Today I can stop feeling like a shiftless bum lazing about at home, and start feeling like a shiftless bum getting some mileage.

These past couple weeks have been weird. A capstone to a weird summer that has left me feeling... I don't know... not myself. So here I am. About to be off on a new voyage.

Part tourist, part prodigal nephew, part soul-searching pilgrim in a familiar foreign land.

At 6:30 I'll be hopping on a Greyhound bus to New York City, arriving at approximately 6 PM. I'll be staying in Manhattan for a bit over a week, at the HI Hostel in the Upper West End. Then I'll be bussing to Pennsylvania, to the heart of Mennonite land, seeing aunts and uncles (and a cousin) I haven't seen in years and years, where I'll be stopping for a bit less than a week.

Then it's off to Washington D.C and the HI Hostel there for about a week, (including American election day!!!) then off to Indiana for more family.

I've done very little planning for what I'll do in the major cities. I've got some highlights in both that I want to hit, but for the most part, I'm looking forward to spontaneous exploration, and leaving as much open as possible for... whatever might happen.

For once, I've got a camera with me, so I'll be taking lots of pictures, and updating this as often as I can.

I'll be seeing you in a month.

Ben