Well we rested on the 28th. We left Boston on the 29th. We rode the MegaBus to Washington D.C. and transferred to a bus going to Knoxville. We arrived in Knoxville on the 30th and met Dad for a ride back to the house.

We unloaded our stuff at the house and I laid my pack against a bookcase in my office. I sat in my office chair and looked around the room. White walls, dusty books, and buzz from electronics. I looked at my pack and thought about the sky, leaves, and chirping from birds. I knew at that moment, If I was alive in 2016, I would be going back out….