bring down The Wallrus side of the--

[Ian Livingston]

There is a certain kind of pocket poverty that leads to a wealth of
experience that looks on the surface unexceptional, but amasses in the
individual beyond any treasure built on things and trade.

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Michael Bailey <
michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Ian Livingston wrote:
>
> > And I have to agree. Man, there was nothing like it when you got that
> cool
> > ride, the one that takes you into Yellowstone along Phaedrus' track
> through
> > Red Lodge and up over the Top of the World listening The Right Music all
> the
> > way, passing doobies and a whiskey flask in the back of the van.... Or
> the
> > guy who picks you up just after dawn in San Simeon in his pickup, but the
> > first guy he picked up is in the cab so you sit in back with your gear,
> and
> > then he picks up the next guy and the next guy, all the way through Big
> Sur
> > and you're all going on about how hip Dylan's lyrics are and how Marx is
> > badly misunderstood and Trotsky was right, passing j's around in the
> back of
> > the truck and fog is breaking and the ragged coast foams under the cliffs
> > and crazy sky all morning.... Just nothin' like it.
> >
>
> we caught one ride, jumped (trusting souls) in the back of a box truck
> with a pinhole in one wall that turned the interior into a camera
> obscura...it was really neat watching the scenery that way!
>
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