Florida

Although the world is seemingly in shambles Covid has really unveiled the true importance of so many things in our lives.
It has reminded me of something I learned on my second cross country trip a few years back.
The previous summer (2016) I had driven from Brooklyn to California and back.
This year I had planned to drive up from NYC to Canada and to travel west to road trip a part of the world I hadn’t yet seen.
Well my plans were foiled on the first day.
I got up to the Canadian border after seeing Niagara falls and they wouldn’t let me in after searching my car and finding all of my camera gear.
They thought I was traveling there to work in Canada illegally but really I was just vacationing because I like taking photos.

This wrench was really a huge downer for me so I went to sleep at a camp ground and it was way over my budget to put a tent up.
I then went to a Walmart and slept in my car that night.

It was interesting but I had done it before.
Then after about 3 days on the road and coming up with a totally new route to see I stopped in Iowa for the night.
As I had some whiskey by the fire and was writing in my journal I had the most overwhelming feeling that family is really all that matters.
Wether you consider that by blood or by bond who you spend your time with is one of the most fulfilling parts of life.

When you are locked in your apartment for 6 months it becomes even more apparent how much you can miss the ones you love the most.

Covid also exposed how much of a dump NYC is to me without it’s people.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again no one lives in NYC for the weather, the garbage smells, or the rats.
We’re all here to connect with other. people.
That’s exactly what this trip to Florida was for me.
Spending time with the people I love the most and it was a much needed refresher for sure.

I can’t wait to go back and whoop my Step Dad’s ass in a dance competition again.