psipsy

The trip to Japan later this year is somewhat in doubt for me. What's at issue is one of my friends wants to go via a group tour (which would greatly limit or possibly eliminate what I'd like to do, negating much of my reason for going); I'd like to just row my own oars and go as-is. Besides, the yen/dollar exchange rate sucks, I'd rather not deal with the TSA if I can avoid it, and I've got an incredible itch for a massive road trip, like in 2008. Maybe more massive, if I can tweak the right settings. I still want to go to Japan, but would prefer better conditions.

I'm already having dreams about road trips, which I take as a sign that the time is nearing, the time for the wanderbeast to run free, unleashed. Where will I go? I won't know until I'm there. When will I get there? Whenever I arrive. What will I see? Whatever is presented to my eyes.

Something I would like to point out that on major, proper road trips, my return route is always different than how I started, effectively making one big loop. This makes for a constant sense of discovery, seeing new things and places, even after I've reached the apex and have started the inevitable return home. So, instead of looking at it as Point A to Point B, it could be seen as a really long distance between Point A and... Point A. The inverse of a wormhole. Or it could be compared to a rollercoaster. Yeah, I like that better. Sometimes backtracking is unavoidable, which is ok. Like if there's only one road that goes out to a certain point, or if I'm close enough to home where I know all the roads anyway and it doesn't matter by then.

This weekend? Maybe I'll give the wanderbeast a treat.