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Like rock stars on tour, soet what state we’re in I take a deep breath and ponder that for a n I saw froer seat of Dad’s latest Ford F-250

Ohio

We are in Ohio

It’s cool here for the tih, cooler than the last Renaissance fair we attended My thin T-shirt and khaki shorts aren’t quite enough to take the edge off, and I shiver and hunch a little in the breeze Squinting one eye, I step forward and look around at thein the wind

This will be our last road adventure for a while I’ out of our Airstreae humans Ones who actually put down roots

Above the crowd noise fro echoes toward the sky I note the crowd that’s gathered there I watch as people are starting to rubberneck—straining to see so up and down on their tiptoes For amy calf muscles to steady ht I achieve does nothing to improve my view

Giving up on the tiptoes, I go flat-footed again and step between people dressed in corsets and codpieces in the direction of the noise and sn that reads, “Medieval Sword Forging Demonstration—Noon, 2:00, 4:00” The arrow points toward the clanking sound, and even o, I want a better view of the action

Muttering a few “excusemy way forward, I breathe in The air is a blend of incense, smoked turkey, and warm beer, and it’s at once fondly faut

Athrough the last few bodies on er to geta

ction

And what action it is

The goosebumps on my ars Tingling erupts in my body’s most tender places, and my eyes are instantly riveted

In all reatest of wonders I’ve seen on the road And I’ve seen plenty In fact, there aren’t many wonders in this country I’ve missed Dad and I have crisscrossed from one end to the other, up and down and side to side

When I turned eight,the kind of woender stereotypes, she went out for a pack of cigarettes and a pint of vodka, and I haven’t seen her since Dad took over withouta beat, and that next e hit the road and never looked back

But nothing, not Mount Rushraveyard for departed Ben & Jerry’s flavors has ever inspired ht now