Sept 13th: After sleeping for 9 hours we were up and packing the van, then off to Dunkin Donuts for breakfast. Thank god they are everywhere. The trip back was 4 and a half hours straight through, constantly updating the maps app on my phone to watch the miles wind down. I was so looking forward to going home, but through it all I was also feeling very satisfied and very lucky.

five hundred miles
without a word until you smile
five hundred miles
on fields of fire.