Wanderer

My car has averaged 9.2 miles per hour for the past 20 hours. That statistic feels a great deal more impressive than it sounds. I attribute that to the fact that I got up very early to drive (a friend to the airport) and stayed up very late to drive (myself to a long weekend in Escondido).

Driving 400 miles in one day is no big deal when you're on a road trip, but my sub-200 miles today were merely packed into a regular day. Airport, then home. Alhambra, then home. Then that long, soaring drive to San Diego County.

I had a number of interesting thoughts on the drive, but none quite compared to the simple magic of listening to Crystal Gale singing "Take Me Home." I might not have been "home" as the last notes guided me into a parking space, but it's always sweet to end a song and a journey at the same time.