In 2005 the author and his father load a 1966 pickup and takeoff across the wild landscape of North America, wandering from coastal South Carolina to California. Under the broader skies further west, their modest slide-in camper transforms itself into a medium for deeper reflection. Humorous moments and arduous driving on remote roads frame more complex digressions, digressions that touch on some of the issues that gnaw silently at American society. The route also compelled the two to think more deeply about the unexpected violence of a Sunday morning 20 years earlier that shattered the father's side of the family. The causes and consequences of this event pushed painfully to the fore at certain landmarks. The memories later sat with them by the fires in the darkened forests, asking difficult questions. The recounting of the trip is less of a travelogue. It is more about stepping outside self-constructed confines, touching the wild world around and within, and weaving it all more intimately together.
- ISBN13 9781257143290
- Publish Date 12 March 2013
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook (OEB)
- Language English