done.

well that's it for my trip.  the final tally:

8 states
35 days
3,373 miles
3 bags of beef jerky
180+ cups of coffee

i'll keep writing stuff and posting pictures of various trips and doings that occur but for this long journey i'll finish by paraphrasing two songwriters as an epitaph.

greg brown:
two little feet to get me 'cross the mountain
two little feet to carry me away into the woods
tumble us like scree, let us holler out our freedom
like a wolf across a valley, like a kid lost in a game
oh man what am i trying to say
it's a messed up world but i love it anyway, i love it

keller williams:
the man says "where do you come from son?"
i says "right out back," wherever i stop and pop the top
that's where it's at
up and down and round and round
back and forth and to and fro
you ask me where do i come from son
i live in the blazeabago
living on the road don't mean your face on the pavement
living on the road don't mean you don't pay rent
you might think living on the road gets you all bent
but all in all it's heaven sent