Quest in the West: Chapter 8
Chapter 8 I packed and waited for it to get dark. Of course, a train went by at 7pm, far too early to run into town. With at least four to six hours between trains, by my guess, I’d...
Quest in the West: Chapter 7
Chapter 7 I got to the railroad bridge and dropped under, to pee and wonder why I didn’t sleep there. It was tempting. But I had to push on, I had to know. Not knowing would be worse than...
Quest in the West: Chapter 6
Chapter 6 Cheyenne to Casper was a nice bus ride. Only 14 people on board the giant bus. No crying kids. No loud talkers. No people playing music. We got into town and I walked down to 1st St....
Quest in the West: Chapter 5
Chapter 5 When the bus stopped for lunch I decided to spend money, but had a hard time deciding to buy a candy bar. At $1.99 it was too much, but… The attendant cashed me out and by the...
Quest in the West: Chapter 4
Chapter 4 My stay in Knoxville went from being a simple sleep-over to my friend hosting a webinar for her guru, Swamiji. She had given up her name now that she’d been given a spiritual Indian name which was...
Quest in the West: Chapter 3
Chapter 3 How many times had Forrest told people the solution to his poem was simple, and that people tended to over-complicate it. Keep it Simple, Stupid. I figured that I had enough money to make it into Chicago,...
Quest in the West: Chapter 2
Chapter 2 Knowing where to start looking for the treasure was less than helpful. I was hiking the Appalachian Trail and planned on making this my second thru hike, which meant walking from end to end. From Springer Mountain...
Quest in the West: Chapter 1
Chapter 1 How I found out about the treasure was an article in Outside Magazine that had been delivered to an apartment in which I no longer lived. It was a slow day at the restaurant where I had...
Backpacking Austin – Chapter 10
The rowing club cruises across Lady Bird Lake barking orders from a megaphone. “Stroke! Stroke!” It feels like a routine. Next will be the guys doing construction and the increase in auto traffic. Like I’ve been here before. As...
Backpacking Austin – Chapter 9
You wake up because you hear car doors slam and the hiss of air brakes as city buses roll past. Roll over and try to go back to sleep despite it being light out. The morning northbound train rolls...