30th - 31st day 12th March - 13th March 2022

The three days at Tom's were simply necessary. After seeing so much, the mind needs some rest. However, I still missed my car. I enjoyed the time being together with friends. We laughed a lot, ate good food, drank something, and had fun. And that at temperatures well above 20°. At least during the day. And a decision had matured inside me. My time here in the USA should not be over yet. I admit, what mostly convinced me is that I find it depressing to come home. The news about this terrible war and its effects have affected me a lot. But of course, being further away from these horrible events here also influences consciousness to some extent. Not flying home now also means that I can suppress these terrible things. And that is worth a lot to me right now. That's why I postponed my Lufthansa flight from Atlanta to Frankfurt. With my ticket, that was possible without an additional charge. The flight from San Diego to Atlanta, on the other hand, could not be postponed. But I'm not particularly sad about it either, because I like to explore something new. After driving with Rose, Tom, and Jen from Atlanta to the southeast, it is now time to head north. I don't know anything about North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Appalachians are calling me. And so the story continues until the 25th of March. Then I will have been here for six weeks. Unbelievable.