...The entire shape of the project was shifting. How to follow the route driving farm roads just 15-40 miles a day, when there might not be a safe place (or any place) to pull off and sleep that wasn't private property for 50-100 miles at a time? I didn't budget for motels and RV campgrounds.
I spent a few truck-stop nights on my way to Duncan, OK. It wasn't too bad. I found that if I knew exactly where I'd be for the night, I could relax and take my time on the rural roads doing fieldwork. And once I checked out the lot and was sure it was good, I could drive to the nearest small park or other peaceful spot, open the artwagon's barn doors and work in the studio until dark.
But until a stop was confirmed, I'd spend all day looking. I can't see to drive after dark. The stress of needing to find a place before nightfall was so great it would derail all other concerns until solved. That meant I lost whole days of work while moving through AZ, NM and west Texas.
I arrived at Linda's near Duncan, OK thoroughly exhausted and insanely happy to see my friend again.
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