While I still can… ⌛

There are those who object to me spending weeks in the wilderness, rambling around, smoking and days spent giggling listening to the loons, gobble of the turkeys and calls of bucks. They say, why don’t you grow up and buy a house and spend your time working on it and paying for the weekly garbage service and high-speed internet in every room.

But it always hits me hard to know these days won’t last forever. I figure it’s best to see America and enjoy the life before I’m too old and other responsibilities for my land. While I don’t think I’d ever own a dog, eventually when I have a home and homestead, I am sure that will livestock to feed and a million different fixer-up-projects and other things to do which will make travel difficult. Who knows how long – indeed my parents are getting up there in years, and I’ll probably end up with their 5-acre homestead with the dog.

So in the mean time, I have to think it’s best to travel and experience as much as I still am relatively free of commitment. That’s why I am planning out a trip to Michigan next year with a new truck, and this summer and autumn I’ve tried to extend my vacations as long as possible.