I'm ready to settle down somewhere. I need consistent friendship. sorry, this one turned out long. and too many pics. i take back my sorry. i'm not sorry.
So I guess i don't need to tell you guys everything......so i will not.
Instead of going straight up to Boston from Hartford CT, I decided to head southeast towards Mystic CT and then to Rhode Island. It was the start of this leg of my journey where i got your opinions about where to shower. Here is the winning place. It was a campground. It took a quarter to take a shower.....I couldn't figure out this dumb quarter contraption, i thought it was broken so i put in a quarter in the next shower. That didn't work either...arrrghh.. so i spun and bopped and jiggled it and got one of the showers to turn on....7ish minutes later.. these are timed showers... i was taking a nice shower......mmmmm. and then the water turned off. Its really cold at this point outside. so i ran out of the showers (the quarter thing was about 6 feet from the shower), and jiggled the second shower!!! yess! except this one only had cold water coming out!! booo. but clean none the less.
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| Acorn acres, where i snuck in to shower it up. |
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| The east coast. Rhode Islad shore. |
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| The exciting capitol of RI. |
For the Halloween days, I spent one in Providence RI (fri), the other in Boston(sat). This is when the days began to get friggin cold again. real cold. There were crazy women dressed in the most ridiculous outfits when it was 35 degrees outside. when i say ridiculous, i mean hardly any clothes. These Northeastern women must be made of a different material to handle such low temperatures. sure.
I spent a few days in boston. I decided to take a whack at shooting some people... with the camera that is.
Boston is great. It's old. It's historical. I only saw old sites here and only talked to some mormons.
We talked. They were impressed by some of the things i knew about mormons, they must've thought me one. but when they asked, they found out my dilemma with faith. I asked them for something concrete that they've seen god answer as a prayer. (this was a healthy non combative conversation, i thought) The one guy on the left was immediately ready to answer that.
He obviously had some sort of experience that he was ready to share quickly. I got excited. I thought, "oh man, this must be good." He busted out his book of mormon. He started reading a quote that mentioned something about praying to god to see if these things are true.....and that god will make it known. Then he told me that one day he prayed, and he got this confirmation from god that the book of mormon is true. It's called the burning in the bosom. That isn't exactly the response i thought i was going to get... but was certainly glad that this guy is wholly convinced of his experience. And really excited about it at that. That's always good no matter what u believe. if you don't believe it, then u certainly can't preach it. In fact i think this is probably why most people don't share their faith. They, honestly somewhere inside might not actually think that it's worth sharing. It's not too believable to them, it's not the kind of message they want to be known for sharing in public. Who knows? maybe it's just not worth the effort. maybe it's personal. maybe they're just scared. which is totally understandable.
I did a trail in Boston called the freedom trail. it was neat. They had a red line, either paint or bricks which traveled thru town to different historical landmarks. i liked how easy it was.. =)
So then I left boston. Look at the view of the sky on my way out. these are untampered.. Oh my. Ufda!
Oh by the way, when i arrived in boston, i spoke to shenon again. I had gotten in touch with him a couple of days prior.... I didn't want to be the one to miss out on seeing his family because of me. i really love and miss those guys. He did say i was welcome, though it didn't sound like it....i wanted to take him at his word and not go by my whimsical feelings. So i spoke to him the Saturday i arrived at Boston. I told him, "shenon, I will by-pass boston to go see you guys for the weekend, just tell me what is the best time for me to show up." Anyhow. We finished with the idea that any time on sunday would be good for me to show up. there was hesitation in his voice (this whole convo). He spoke and said, "I just don't see why you want to spend time with us, we won't have the same fellowship". This began the worst conversation i've had with a human being in almost my whole life (over exaggeration). Ultimately by the end of it all, Shenon apologized for saying "adam, you are welcome at my house anytime" a few days earlier. He flat out doesn't want me there. He said he'd rather me be a murderer than an non-believer. And i hate to say it, but my dear friend is the first person i've ever told in my life that I'd prefer them not pray for me. The type of god that was coming forth from his lips was a god i want to have nothing to do with...it was one i do not want intervening in my life. =/ But at least the truth came out. I believe he was glad the first time we talked when i turned down the offer to go and see him..... He didn't have to honestly admit that he didn't want to see me.
moving along. i left boston towards Rochester. I slept in Albany, the capital. then hauled the next 5 or so hours towards Rochester. I made it there Tuesday night to attend one of my friend, Mike's, seminary classes. Then i spent the next 5 days with Mike, Tina, Adelina, Noah, Deja and Daniel. I had a great time with them. Rochester is the place where Kodak began. Kodak was revolutionary at the turn of the century for making photography accessible to the everyday person with the brownie camera selling for $1 each. I also got to attend the best farmers market IN AMERICA! right there in Rochester. I also had this great meal known as the GARBAGE PLATE. when ur in rochester....get one. Anyone who's anyone in Rochester knows about it. lastly i visited the grocery store that Alec Baldwins mother refused to give up. She will not move to California from New York because she doesn't want to depart from Wegmans. I also played a lot of the Wii with the kids and with Mike and Tina. I'm not too good. But that's ok.
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| Noah was sad when i left his house the first day i was there. =) |
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| the original shag carpet. |
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| I stood on a table, on one side was this normal looking small lake. |
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| on the other side of the table and street was Lake Ontario. Huge. |
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| View of Garden from George Eastmans 50 room mansion |
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| So George Eastman had some uncurable spine disease and he ended up killing himself. here is the last note from this millionaire. It says, "To my friends, My work is done. why wait? GE" Then he shot himself in the heart. |
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| I went downstairs to get some water and I saw Mike demoted to the couch with a doll. =P jk. |
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| I helped the Moultons paint. Mike painting. |
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| went with the kids for a bike ride at the local cemetary. it's the happening thing to do these days. |
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| Some friends of the Moultons sneaking in some of Tinas buffalo wing dip. (? i think it was called) |
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| I ate most of it. |
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| the garbage plate. Macaroni salad, potato squares and 2 beef patties with cheese. yum. |
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| we intently watched the new karate kid flick with jaiden smith. my 3rd time in 2 days. =) |
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| my last photo from the moultons house before walking out the door. |
I left Rochester after 5 days and headed to Niagara Falls. Oh my. How massive. How loud. How powerful. How neat. A nice lady named Leslie started talking to me there at the Falls. So she's now my friend on facebook.
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| This is the first show up above the next morning. |
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| my first black squirrel experience. |
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| just feet away from the bridge of interrogation. |
I tried headed to Toronto Canada after this to check it out since I was so close. I didn't have anything in particular I knew for sure i was going to see except a castle recommended by my friend Laurie. And then this super tall building that someone mentioned. I was going to go get on the web when i got to toronto so i could get better details. I should've had this planned more fully before attempting to enter the foreign country. Upon entering the lane, the butt load of questions came: Where are you going? How long are you going for? Where are you staying? Do you have anything in your vehicle other than clothing?... prolly about 7 more questions. He gave me a paper and told me to pull over..that they were going to search my vehicle around the corner. They tore up my vehicle. So then when i went into the immigration part, i was hammered with more questions. All the previous questions plus some more. Please go to the bottom of this entry to see a somewhat detailed question answer time. =)
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anyway....I'm not the kind of person Canada wants on their land. I sounded very suspicious.. and rightfully so. I had no literature of canada.. didn't know the names of anything... the hostel, the big building, nor the castle. No proof of anything tying me back to the US for sure. For all they knew i could've starting living the life of an axe murderer in Canada and they would've never found me. It's all good. I left towards Ohio. I cried for weeks.
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| my car post search. doesn't look much different than before...except it was really trashed. |
Tonight (at this point in the blog writing process)I'm in Ohio . I saw some Amish folk. I want to have a conversation with them. I wish they hung out at the local market or something so i could just walk up and start talking....but i only saw them in transit on their handy little buggy being pulled by a handy little horse.
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| Most of the trees now...no colors. |
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| west facing the sun.. i found me some relief. coasting in his shade!! |
It's worth the mention that I visited a psychic in Cleveland. it was quite and odd experience. I just had to do it. The lady said some pretty interesting things that were spot on. But for the most part, i guess it could've been kinda vague. She was off on a lot of things too. =)
While in cleveland I also visited the house where this was filmed.
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| Randy, the younger brother happened to be there signing stuff so he could pay off his student loans. |
After Cleveland i headed towards Holy Toledo. I spent the night there.Then South Bend, Indiana which is where i am now (one paragraph and 2 days later). Dance clubs are extremely interesting to me. Humans and their mating process. It looks like most men are trying to get laid, and only some women are trying to get laid. But i don't really know. A seeming good time had by all though. . . . . maybe?
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| i really like this. |
I'm doing well most of the time. Sometime my thoughts overwhelm me temporarily. Sometimes i think i'll never be content with myself. But it's good to step back and remember the bigger picture. for the most part, this is a transition in my life. Certainly things will be kinda confusing. I wouldn't expect anything less. how long will it last? i don't know, but i do know that all things pass. Pains from wounds, hurts from peoples, ...emotional, physical, relational,.....all these things are there for a moment.. they freak us out....but over time we learn from them, we heal, we rebound. why wouldn't i expect anything less in this time in my life? maybe one day Jesus will make himself known to me...maybe not. Who knows. But i tell you in truth that i'm on this search in my life because it seems right for me to do. I'm not trying to be rebellious or to make a big stink. I think what i'm going thru is right.. right now. I'm doing what seems right in my own eyes.....just like the book of judges. If god is going to clarify things. Then he needs to do that. But i'm not waiting around for that. i'm going to keep going, and if god says anything, i'm definitely fine with that. if he's silent, i'm fine with that too.
I'm ready to start working. at least make a little bit more money to continue this trip a little bit longer. I will be headed back to the continent of Texas for the Holy day of Christmas presents. Dunno after this. But i'm not worried.
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the adamo.
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the question time went something similar to what follows.
Where are you going? Toronto, i say. What is the reason? oh tourist type stuff. How long will you be going for? i suppose a day or 2. Where will you be staying? A friend of mine suggested a hostel, or if not, i'll sleep in my car. "this is canada, it's illegal to sleep in your car on the public streets." Oh. Then i guess i'll stay at the hostel, i say. What was the name of the hostel?, he asks. um... I don't remember. What else were you going to do in Toronto? oh you know, adventure type things. What do you consider "adverture?" =) um...i don't know, i was going to visit this particular castle a friend of mine told me about and also this very tall buiding someone recommened me to go up and see the view. "What was the name of the castle?" ...um...i don't remember that. you don't know the name of the hostel, you don't know the name of the castle, how were you going to find these? Well, usually i get to a town and then get on the web at a McDondalds or a Starbucks....they have free wi-fi.. ... Wi-Fi? What? (in disbelief) This isn't america, we don't have that, he said confidently. Really? i ask, starbucks doesn't have wi-fi in Canada? in that case i'm screwed. i'll have to make some phone calls.
Is that car registered in your name? yes. Where do you work? i don't work, I've been traveling for two months. What kind of work did you do? Air Conditoning Control Sales. Why did you quit? So i could travel. Is this your house on this drivers license? yes sir. Do you rent or own? I own it... Are you leasing it out? well, my roommate is there. Do you have any proof of this? What kind of proof are you looking for? like bills in your name from recently. no sir. Do you have any literature on Canada? No.
Go ahead and take a seat, i'll be back.
15 minutes later.
I don't remember the words for this. I just remember the being rejected part. =) He said something like, based on this, i can't let you into canada. There is a criteria that people must meet before we let them into canada. You don't meet none of it. you have don't know how long you'll be here.... two days tops, i said. well you don't know where you're staying, don't have proof of funds. "i can pull up my bank account for you". you don't have any maps. "i do have maps." Well, no literature on canada. I'm sorry....i totally understand. I am suspectious.
please scroll back up , i book marked your place with a bunch of *******'s as you might have noticed.
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| walking home. |
