Chasing Cars

...with a land yacht. Room for 14 hitchhikers to keep me company

1450 miles, two days, and I'm back at the border of the 3rd world. I drove through the devastation that is still Hurricane Katrina. NO is coming back; but, the uninhabited, skeletons of buildings with "HELP" spray painted on the roofs give a saddening reminder.

One hitchhiker had left the hometown of Jerry Falwell, which seemed appropriate. on his way back to West Texas. He had plenty of stories to tell of the people that had picked him up on the initial trip East, including one Vietnam vet driving to go have both of his legs amputated from injuries incurred almost 30 years ago - shadow effects of a war.

Just forget the world.