Homeward
Bound
After a late checkout, we loaded up the car and I sent Holly
and Hank on their way home with the top down—Hank’s preferred mode of transport.
Figuring to cut my own travel time, I decided to bypass he scenic route and take
the Road King inland up Interstate 5. I may have shaved some time off the
commute, but slogging past reeking industrial plants and dingy card casinos left
me with the feeling I had overvalued the concept of expeditious headway. I
should have been cruising up PCH, glimpsing whale spouts beyond the whitecaps.
Instead, I was in Tustin, stuck behind a monster truck, staring at a decal of a
kid voiding his bladder on a Chevy logo.While that unfortunate dénouement could not possibly dim the
glow of a perfectly romantic and adventurous weekend, it did make for a helmet
smacking moment of clarity. With my boots planted on the blacktop, I realized
that in my haste I had forgotten the obvious. When you are on a motorcycle, the
road is the destination. It’s a simple maxim, but one that is easily abandoned
these days. No offense to Tustin, but from now on, I’ll be taking the long road
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