let's...

......drive to california. we'll pose under the arch in st. louis, eat at a diner somewhere in the middle of nowhere, we can watch the midwest fly past us on the highway. albuquerque, we will find is probably as strange as its name. we can cliff jump in sedona and stand at the end of the grand canyon. we can take more than enough pictures and drink too much coffee. conversation will never run out and we'll all realize that these are the best friends we could ever hope to find. we can detour up to bullhead city and listen to umphrey's around a fire in the middle of the desert. and then we'd find ourselves standing on the edge of the left coast, toes in the sand, full of california dreaming. we'll have a million words, just as many pictures, and more than enough memories of the trip to last a lifetime. there will be fast food wrappers crumpled on the floor, photos of "welcome to the beautiful state of:" and small things picked up along the way. our bodies will be sore from sitting for so long, but really, it's only 2,300 miles from chicago to long beach... so let's go.