Monday, November 26, 2007 - The divorce mediation was Nov 16 in Dallas. I should probably say something about the divorce.. I take marriage very seriously, and when I married, I personally married for life. I believe marriage is a covenant between you, your spouse, and your creator. Only one of these 3 parties can break the marriage, and I believe this can happen via adultery or abuse. Do either of these necessitate a divorce? Not at all.. But let's just say I'd had enough of both. So, while I thought the mediation was horribly unjust in what was awarded - especially in light of the circumstances - I was basically willing to sacrifice monetary and material things just to get out of that environment.
Thanksgiving was fantastic; I got to see family from all over the country, and got to meet a new addition to the family - my cousin Lee and Jennifer's son Grey. I think this was one of the better thanksgivings I've had in a while. I also beat Jeff in ping pong. Well, doubles, but I'll take any Jeff-beating I can get. We all do.
I flew back to Portland last night. I know I keep saying this, but a lot has happened in the past few weeks that I wish I could share.. I'm just keeping a lot of my posts saved until December 22nd, when the divorce will be "final".
I believe I've decided to abandon my northern US route (Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas) due to the fact that the weather will likely be rough through that route at this time of year and I've only got 2-wheel drive. Instead, I believe I will be staying here until Friday, Saturday I'll drive to Half Moon Bay and camp out, then Sunday I'll drive to San Clemente and camp out there during the week. That weekend I'll drive from San Clemente to Houston.
More pictures and stories to come...
The Route
I plan on completing my entire trek via camping (with the exception of a couple days with my folks in Vail, CO). I'll start out in west texas, then New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Grand Canyon, and then to southern California. From there I will migrate up the pacific coast, camping out along the way. California is where I will spend the majority of my time. I will likely visit Oregon afterwards and perhaps Washington (provided I haven't gone completely nutty by then). I myself will be interested to see what my limits are with a venture like this. A graphical representation of the route is below (and very subject to change) - click to view a larger image.
1 comment:
Glad you're free. Sorry for the rip.
Hope you have a great drive back.
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