roadtrip finale

i'm on the I-40 driving westbound wrapping up a month long road trip across the country. i left the writing off in st. louis, which has now become the new benchmark on which everything that is shitty will now be compared to. i never EVER would like to visit st. louis again(except if it were solely on the basis of going to pappy's bb-q).

during the last night, while we started our breakdown, a freak electrical storm crept up. the sky lit up, thunder clapped directly on top of us. it was a great sight to see and all except that we had to take down big metal trusses.

from there we headed to dallas, texas which went smooth, then drove to virginia beach, virginia. from there we drove to the artscape event in baltimore, maryland. yesterday the team and i began our drive through virginia; i was left speechless.
the countryside gradually became more wooded as we approached the smoky mountains. plooms of smoke eerily hovered across the treetops as the sun descended below the mountains. the sun's rays struggled, but they made it through some of the thin strips of haze. i swerved off the road for a second but i couldn't stop staring at the rugged beauty of it all.

something about that that glow though...it's special. a few moments later, the sky morphed from a pale blue, into a blood pink...again, speechless. we stayed in asheville, north carolina for the night. today we woke up and took a much needed morning white water adventure down the pigeon river. we're staying in memphis tonight, always a chill place.