It's Sunday and I wanted to post my weekly update but, I'm not really prepared yet to provide the narrative I want to.  I am in Plymouth, NH, parking at the "point five" on New Hebron Road, getting ready to begin work in a week on top of Loon Mountain in Lincoln, NH.  I will be looking for places to park up there and will be spending most of my time in the Lincoln area.  I found out the other day that my senior national park pass works as a parking permit in the national forest and so I don't have to buy a permit and I will be able to park in the forest which I will probably do over the summer.

As I said, I'm not really ready for a final observational post for the road trip that Ozzy and I have been on.  There are lots of issues I would like to address upon which I have been quite reflective.  When I feel I can articulate my feelings appropriately, I will update again.

I did spend time putting a website together this week and the readers of this blog may be interested in giving it a look.  Any feedback would be appreciated: 

ozzymozkowitz.wix.com/jaym

So, I'm off for a cup of coffee and fresh air to clear my head...

From Colorado I took the interstates to Bloomington, IN where I spent the day taking care of chores.  Laundry and shower for me and a bath at PetSmart for Ozzy.  He picked up a bunch of pine tar in Colorado and needed a bath.  Unfortunately, when I got him back, he was clean but none of the tar was removed.  Anyway, spent a nice evening with Dani, who I met in Smokey Mountains.  Rob worked all day, but I did get to spend a few minutes with him, also. Bloomington is nice.

Traveled from Bloomington to Clarksburg, WV on the highways and spent the night at a rest stop on Route 70.  Decided to take a smaller road from there and got onto Route 50 which I took to avoid tolls and just to take a smaller road.  What could have been a four hour trip from Clarksburg to Lancaster, PA turned into a seven hour trip.  Route 50 through West Virginia and Maryland was nothing like I expected...it was beautiful, but, treacherous.  Hairpin turns all along with soft or no shoulders and lots of semis coming in the opposite direction.  Hair raising in some places.

But, I made it to Lancaster and again was put up on Judy Watson's sofa for a couple of nights.  Last night we went to a club in Lancaster and saw a friend's band. (Bob Lawson's Mama Tried.)  Met up with Dewie there and ran into an old friend, Peter Kingsley.

Ozzy and I are now waiting for Judy to get up so we can say goodbye and hit the road.  Will take one or two days to get to New Hampshire.  At the risk of tempting the fates, I must commend the van which has been a real trooper.  In the last three weeks we have gone from NH to Quebec to Ottawa to Madison to Estes Park to Bloomington to Lancaster without any vehicles incidents at all.  The van just keeps on truckin'.  One more leg of the journey to go, Lancaster to NH and then Ozzy, the van and I will settle for a little bit.

I will be working on top of Loon Mountain at the Artist Village we have there.  I have taken some pretty good photos on my journey and will be spending time printing and matting them for sale at the shop on top of the mountain.  I will be looking for a place to park and live in the van in the Lincoln area, spending more time up there and less in Plymouth.  I am already being asked what happens after this summer...