the long and winding road

Photo journal

Finally, James was given the go ahead to start the trip. He was frustrated because he was about two hours late in the start. This meant that he had a trip that would make his first leg finish later than he would like. What could he do? Let's just get on the way and out of this place and out on the open road.

He was interrupted by a short, fat little man who stupidly said, "do you know how to get there?"

No! I don't you little twit. Sit down before you have a heart attack from breathing! He thought.

"Yes, thank you!" he politely replied.

He hit the A12 and he was on the way. He was so much happier. On his way and feeling strong.

Through the heart of the road, near Conchite national Park James saw a figure on the side of the road, maybe it was in the road? As he drew nearer, it became more and more clear until James finally saw what it actually was. It was a person, in fact, it was a lady with striking turquoise blue hair who stood at the side of the road with nothing but a smile on her face, some clothes, being a bikini and a bag. James thought she must be about five foot for tall and a little overweight, curvy at best. James felt his heart go out to her, she looked in trouble and at least coming from trouble. He slowed down and stopped, she opened the passenger door and asked if she could have a lift to the next town.

"hello, are you okay? Where are you headed?"

"Anywhere but here! Can you give me a lift? I need to get somewhere pretty quickly!"

"Hop in, it'll be nice to see some company. Are you sure you are okay? My names James."

"Simone, yes I am okay, just getting away from a bad situation that's all. Where are you going?"

She listened intently as he explained what he was doing. "I am hauling this truck across the top of the US country side to Seattle. I would love the company and the company I work for said I could have one person along with me, so absolutely. What do you do for a living? Please tell me you are not a prostitute running from a pimp or a serial murderer looking for her next victim?"
She laughed out loud and replied, "no, not at all, I mean no trouble. I am actually an attorney. How about you?"

"Nothing as extreme or exciting as that clearly. I've a computer science degree, and no girlfriend." Wow! Too much information! Why did you say that you twit! Enough about me now, where are you from?"

" Just down the road originally in a place called Chili. It's is been a long time since I left. I was eight. It's a nice though. I can't remember much so lets read the Wikipedia page because it seems to be the info you can get about the place. It's located on the Conn River in Hamde County. As of the 2018 census, the city had a population of 55,298, making it the second-largest city in a hundred mile radius after Springfi. Blah, blah, blah."

"So, JJ, what's your typical day look like?" Simone asked. He looked at her a bit strangely with that name but let it go. It's that a nick name already? I like it and like her... Oh stop it James, you know nothing about her!

"I have an itinerary that I have to stick to. Basically I drive from one place to the next and then stop for the night then get up just before dawn and start again. I usually have the afternoon off to myself from about three o'clock. I cruise around town on my long board looking at the local stuff and sit by a lake or fountain or something. At night, I find somewhere to park the truck and watch television.

Where are you headed? Can I drop you off somewhere?"

"I don't have anywhere in particular that I am going but I need to go away from that place, far away from that place. Can I just tag along with you, I will pay my way and keep out of your way?"

"I see there is a town up ahead, can we stop for lunch or food and then carry on afterwards?"

They came to a stop outside a little town called Kloyt and a shopping mall called Throughway mall. James could do with some blood flow to his legs. Simone had jumped into a skin tight dress that covered all the essentials on a woman. James had to be careful or else he would be caught drooling whilst looking her. She wore high heels, not too high though, but James thought they made her look hot.

Keep it together man. You have only just met her!

She was tall to start but with the shoes on, she came up about two inches shorter than James's six-foot four height.

As they started walking, she leant into him and put her arm around him.

"Whoa, what's this now?"

"I had a thought and went with it." She immediately released her arm.

He stopped her quickly saying, "I was not arguing, just a bit surprised, that's all."

"Sure thing JJ. Let's do this. I've no time frame to get back and have about three months worth of cash stashed away so I am good for that side of it."

"You know what I've always wanted to do, but have never had the opportunity to?"

"what's that?"

"A photo journal of a long trip somewhere. Take photos along the way and journal it on a website. The photos will not be personal just us being us, you some crazy ones and some not so crazy ones. "

"Sounds like fun! Let's do it." she said excitedly.

"Let's find a shop, I need a memory card to store them." He said

"You have to send them to me. So every place we stop, we take photos?" she confirmed.

"That's what I am talking about! Camera or cell phone? I have both, just depends on the memory card I buy." He started to get excited about this trip now.

"Cell phone is fine, the camera on mine is good enough." She said.

Let's get food.