August 20th-thoughts

August 20th-thoughts

We woke up this morning and packed up for the drive home. We’re on the road now. Its been a long 33 days but somehow not long enough. I love being on the road, traveling. I love my home and Muncie too, don't get me wrong, but theres just something to be said about the complete freedom we’ve had in the last month. We had the freedom to choose where we wanted to go and what we wanted to do on any given day. We changed our plans more times than I can count. We saw more things than can be remembered at the time which is why weve been blogging about it, so we can remember.

It was the first time ive been far enough from home that I couldn’t just call up my dad and ask him to come fix something if it broke. We were completely on our own. We didn't get ourselves into any kind of trouble. Yeah sometimes we got lost or got into situations that weren’t the greatest, but we always found our way and got out of the situations we got ourselves into. We did that on our own.

The other night my uncle kept apologizing for calling us boys, which I didn't really mind when he did. I've always thought of myself as a kid and really wanted to be one anyways. Being a kid is great. I feel like now after this trip and this experience maybe im no longer a boy. Im not saying im different than I was before the trip, or that im all grown up, but I feel like more of a peer with adults than I ever have. When people want to talk about life experiences and the things they’ve seen in their lives, I can join in now. I've had some experiences.

All it took for us to do this was a little bit of money, a little bit of time, and a lot of ambition. I hope I never lose that ambition or the freedom to do things like this. It seems like people get so tied down into their lives that they don't have the opportunity to do something like this. They cant make time, they don't have money, or they have too many responsibilities to employers or spouses. I know that eventually I will have to do likewise and lay down roots somewhere. When that time comes ill embrace it and enjoy it, but for now ill keep being young.