Apr 2016
I saw mountains and forests and rivers and streams.
The beaches with their salty spray called to me from afar.
I imagined trails and creatures of every kind.
Tree sap, sticky, sticking dirt to my hands.
I could smell the campfires and hear the laughter
and taste the hotdogs.
The acoustic guitar and softly singing sweet lips
tickled my ears and goosebumps gave way to a contented smile.
I could feel the wind rushing through my short hair and the
Low hum of the tires on the rocky, ***** trail
complete with root pops, plucking at the spokes like
the agile hands of a master harpist.
And then there was the snow from downhill rooster tails
carved with care by girls and boys on boards.
The splash of water from some river craft in rapids
and that smile again...so big it made my face hurt!
It was weeks waking in tents...
Maybe months or even years!
It could've been anything, man.
I don't know...I don't know, but my imagination ran with it!
The plates on this peculiar car read "North Dakota,"
but the stickers and the racks and the solar cells
on top screamed ADVENTURE!!!!!
It was amazing to see.
I stood there with my friend in this city scape
for a few moments...that's all.
But this car...oh this car! It made me think.
It made me dream, and it made me lust for adventure....
The beaches with their salty spray called to me from afar.
I imagined trails and creatures of every kind.
Tree sap, sticky, sticking dirt to my hands.
I could smell the campfires and hear the laughter
and taste the hotdogs.
The acoustic guitar and softly singing sweet lips
tickled my ears and goosebumps gave way to a contented smile.
I could feel the wind rushing through my short hair and the
Low hum of the tires on the rocky, ***** trail
complete with root pops, plucking at the spokes like
the agile hands of a master harpist.
And then there was the snow from downhill rooster tails
carved with care by girls and boys on boards.
The splash of water from some river craft in rapids
and that smile again...so big it made my face hurt!
It was weeks waking in tents...
Maybe months or even years!
It could've been anything, man.
I don't know...I don't know, but my imagination ran with it!
The plates on this peculiar car read "North Dakota,"
but the stickers and the racks and the solar cells
on top screamed ADVENTURE!!!!!
It was amazing to see.
I stood there with my friend in this city scape
for a few moments...that's all.
But this car...oh this car! It made me think.
It made me dream, and it made me lust for adventure....
In explanation, I was out with a good friend of mine, Mark, and we came across this car in Hampton. It had roof racks and a rear rack. It was COVERED in stickers from all over the place! It had a solar cell on top of it and a car battery in the front on a rack mounted to the bumper. This thing brought out all of these feelings in me, and as I dwelled upon them a moment ago, I decided to write it down. I've always loved the woods and camping, but this car! It was like seeing my soul! Even if I don't ever get a chance to actually live like this, I'll always have this car in the back of my mind to remind me that somebody gets to...somewhere!
