I have returned!! This is just a quick journal to let everyone know that.  If there was any deviation or journal or what-have-you that you wanted me to see, please note it to me.  I was away since the 9th and I was forced to delete just about everything in my inbox since there was no way I could possibly look through everything.  I'll be working towards getting back to comments and the like over the next few days.

The trip was awesome despite the fact that I had an infection brewing for several days that I had to kick while in the Arizona wilds.  I did so with gusto even though it was most likely some kind of infection.  It's amazing what a little nature can do for ya.  And some Navajo company.

I don't have a count on how many miles traveled or how many songs listened to just yet, but I will.  I do know, however, that I took around 1,400 photos. Yet more to edit through despite the fact that I'm not even done with the ones from my last giant road trip. All in good time, people, all in good time.

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Movie Review: Elizabethtown Directed by: Cameron Crowe - I'm convinced this movie is for everyone! We are introduced to Drew Baylor, a man who thought he had the newest invention of shoes revolutionized only to find out that his endeavor has turned out into a nearly 1 billion dollar fiasco. Intent on ending his life he sets up a ridiculous contraption in his apartment that will systematically stab him to death. Upon the moment of suicide his phone rings. When he, grudgingly, picks it up he finds out that his father, Mitch, has passed away from a heart attack. Drew is the oldest offspring; he must take care of it. What follows is a quest to Elizabethtown, Kentucky to convince his relatives and friends of his relatives (which consists of the entire town) that he must be cremated.

En route he meets Claire Colburn who systematically becomes the cheerful catalyst in which his eyes begin to open to a whole new world of existence. With Claire and the family he never got to know, Drew begins a life changing few days. This film makes us laugh at death, smile at loss, and cheer for life and love. A heartwarming tale of severely underrated proportions. It's funny, touching, warming, and carefully put together to give meaning to a life that seemingly has none. Worth every minute!    

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The Education of Henry Adams by: Henry Adams