My Beloved, if this is all a dream, then i do not want to wake.

I can't believe i'm actually here! I'm actually in California already!! just a few short miles away from the beginning of an incredible journey. i already forgot how much i love san diego. I dont know why i feel so free here and so troubled at home. Maybe cause this is where i spent some of the best times with my fellow marines. I dont know. all i know is that Sunday morning i will start my 2657 mile hike toward Canada. Rick is gonna take me down to the trail head and drop me off so that i dont have to take the bus from the air port. this is fucking crazy!!! even if i dont finish or make it very far, i at least tired. and also it would give me the chance to go around the country visiting places i've always wanted to go. Basicially just rambling whereever the wind takes me. the freedom of the road! but thats only if i can't do the trail.

So Soon It Begins.....

In a matter of days i head west. Like millions of cowboys, families, adventurers, outlaws, cattlemen and lost spirits before me, i head out west to seek out advernture and a new beginning. to experience something that so few are willing to attempt. I will walk mountains and deserts. I will pass through forests and valleys. I will ford rivers and streams. sleeping in the open air of the wilderness and selling the fresh pine of the trees. already i long for it. I want it and can't wait to get out there. I have been away before so i know i have the strength to stay gone from my family before. this is a dream of mine and am glad i'm out trying it. My Beloved, if this is all a dream, then i do not want to wake.