Tomorrow morning, I'm heading out to the wastes of New Mexico and Arizona to see what's what.  I plan to be gone pretty much from now until Sunday.  I'm going to be spending a lot of time in my car, and I got to thinking that might get kind of lonely.  Here's where you come in:

Call me!  Send me a text message!  I'll talk to you about whatever!  I can't promise I'm good at talking on the phone, because I'm not, but I'll do my best.  I think this is either one of the best ideas I've ever had, or one of the worst, and there's only one way to find out.

Here are some conversation starters:
-Which poets have the best beards?
-What the hell have you done with your life?
-Did you see any interesting dead dogs?

The number: 2816868574

Please don't be an asshole about this!

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For those of you who maybe share genetic material with me or otherwise have reason to want to know my agenda in case I die cold and alone in the wilderness:

Tuesday is a killer.  I'm getting up early and driving to Roswell, NM, which is about 12 hours total.

Wednesday I'm going to the Trinity bomb testing site, then driving to Santa Feand seeing what that's all about.  Total driving time ~6 hours.

Thursday I'm getting up early, heading to Window Rock, then taking a long, slow drive to Tuba City, AZ, and ending in Cameron, AZ.  Total driving time ~7 hours.

Friday is the Grand Canyon in the morning and then writing all day.  At that point I will either start heading back or stay another night to watch the sunsetand keep writing, depending on how it's going.

Saturday I will either be starting back or already about a third of the way back.  The plan is to stop in Amarillo, but I'm just going to drive until my face hurts.

Sunday I will end up back home.

Total driving distance: ~2400 miles.  It's ambitious, but I've done similar things before.