Good morning. ☕🧳🚗

11 July 2025

We're hitting the road this morning, so I need to get cleaned up, take Charley to the vet for boarding, and finish packing—which always means forgetting something. But first: coffee.

I sometimes wonder if I ever truly woke up in the morning feeling alert and ready to go. I think maybe I must have, once. I used to sleep on the ground—concrete floors, even—and bounce right back. If I tried that now, I’d probably need a forklift to stand. Back then, I could flop down anywhere and use my helmet or pack for a pillow. Of course, that was in my twenties, back when I was an infantryman. These days, roughing it means spending a night at a Marriott... so, let the struggle begin.

“If my ship sails from sight, it doesn’t mean my journey ends. It simply means the river bends.” — Enoch Powell

“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?” — Ernest Hemingway

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