Ready for the road

My case is packed and I'm ready to set off on our weekend trip. My faithful travelling companions Spencer and Beany are packed and ready too ... fingers crossed for a 'bon voyage'!


"Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.

Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune,
Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,
Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms,
Strong and content I travel the open road."

(Walt Whitman - from Song of the Open Road)