Tuesday, Jun 20, 2023

I can't hear the mystery with all this noise
I can't hear the earth with all this noise

Day one traveling

We switch cupholders for energy drinks and dongles for the aux cord, swapping DJing and directions and driving duties


Letters games
Laughing at Brooklyn names like dekalb williamsburgs nd Brooklyn in Iowa
Iowa was a lot of green, rolling hills and wind turbines. Looked like the windows desktop background a lot of the time.
The truck maxes out at 75 mph and I could really feel that
World's biggest truck stop and I 80 trucking museum. I buy the silly boys trucks are for girls hat and the corn tee.

Then I take over driving to Des Moines . I'm nervous but get better

Stopping in Des Moines and it was very cute. A different lesbian was at the gas station with us. The porch of the little bungalow looks cute, with a cool van. It occurs to us that cool people can be found here. A woman is sitting in the grass meridian taking care of a sapling. I got two slim Jim's and dipped my jalapeno kettle chips in gas station queso . Hoarding energy drinks Get to Omaha and it's very big. Some of it is cute and hipster and reclaimed, some is poor and run down, some is expensive. So many steakhouses

I start getting stressed and pissy

We go to Texas Roadhouse in the suburbs and a xanned out waiter "bestie Jake" compliments me on my hat. Another waiter with tattoos and a mullet compliments me on my hat too. It occurs to me that there are cool people here too

Drive at night (I am nervous) but we make it to horizon motel
Only parking spot is next to the adult store, parking lot of the gas station. We have to ask the attendant nicely if we can park there. The sex shop lady is really funny and nice and says she's been in Nebraska her whole life and not to stay for long. She was surprised I had a new York license . The store was actually really nice but I didn't get anything (oh I guess I am stocked up at the moment) packers, dilators , lots of clothes and porn. Maybe I do need a miniskirt ?

I try to pull into the parking lot and the guy with overalls starts yelling at us He has this wild cadence like a show guy at first I thought he was annoying and patronizing but then I realized it's how you live, u find a reason to live and work

Dill was very tired

Ok now I'm going to pass out