Chapter 2 dog for company

dog for company --------------- Kyoto, Spring 1994 greyhound, companion In the evening, the Greyhound bus terminal in Toronto.Forty-five minutes before the departure time, the uncle next to him still asked dubiously, are you really not afraid if you really want to go east and south by Greyhound?Really, I really don't know what to be afraid of.I only want to go to New York, to Chicago, and then go south from the middle, through St. Louis, Memphis, and then to New Orleans, and then to Orlando, Miami, and even Jersey in one go. The sunrise and sunset are a long way, I have my Bus Highway Tiny Movie, I have my miniature American Dream.

Before getting on the bus, my uncle held me tightly in his arms, as if he left Hong Kong alone to study in Canada more than ten years ago, and I, who was half shorter than him, was reluctant to leave at the airport.Nephews are more like uncles, isn't there a little bit of wandering involved?Of course, today he is already a father, living and working in peace and contentment, but I am eagerly looking forward to the unknown future that unfolds at any time and I don't know how to deal with it. With a three-month bus pass, Greyhound and I were companions without hesitation—in order to save hotel accommodation costs, I deliberately chose a long journey of more than ten hours at night; I got off at an unknown town in the middle of the night and shared a room with A wandering soul waits for the first train that departs early; I almost lost all my luggage when changing trains; I was driving on a wilderness road in the middle of the night when there was thunder and lightning, and I clearly saw the lightning knocking down beside me... and then it was circulating outside the car window The same street signs, bars, motel neon signs - I know, I'm not wrong.

Arrived in New Orleans by car, cheered up for a night of blues, and went house by house in the clubs in the city. It is almost possible to write a history of jazz.At the end of the street is the Greyhound station, leave tomorrow morning!