May 30, 2006
Sleep
Woke up this morning in my van,
FINALLY! some decent sleep - vivid dreams and all.
The Santa Ana reservation just outside of Santa Fe seemed erie as I parked in the lot of a gas station next to a trucker and climbed in the back. Bright stars ahead above the cars passing on the interstate and bright neon lights from the parking lot behind me. I kept my contact lenses in so as not to be blind to any approaching...axe murderers?
Last night I stopped at a 24 hour Mexican diner in Albequerque and before that a giant casino just an hour outside of the city. The blinging lights and mute faces of the indians in the massive building didn't entertain as I plunked atleast 2 dollars worth of nickels into the machines and drank a cup of coffee... so I pressed on.
And I'm not sure what it is about driving into the night. Cities or the land betwixed them all seems strange and unfamiliar when it is just that - Somehow the daylight makes things seems less unknown - As I suppose is evident - because in the daylight there is this ability to see - and when you are in an unknown place you cannot imagine it as you know it in the daylight - Yes, this must be it - because I am not usually afraid of the dark.
Oregon
N. Cali - The Redwoods
LA