the lost soldier the ultimate price to pay

wednesday july 23rd 2008 iam in salem ohio at a bar called the flying pig it was a stressful ride sown highway 62 very little shoulder and heavy semi-truck traffic and a few long rolling hills from here its highway 30 to highway 183 south which will take me into cincinnati ohio this seems to be a pretty cool little bar i havent heard any bitchin about politics or the war just good old conversations some good ole time rock and roll it is now thursday july 24th 2008 and iam in malvern ohio on highway 183 south at the public library i got drunk as hell last night the flying pig was a pretty cool bar they will serve as much as one can drink as long as they arent driveing it was another day of long rolling hills 183 seems to be flattening out on me i didnt do much but ride today iam going to get back into cincinnati to the yellowribbonsupportcenter that will validate me going back and seeing keith and carolyn maupin after that i think i will head to north carolina and the blueridge mountains it was another stressful ride today no shoulders on the road and constally haveing to pay attention as to whats going on around me but i do want to do some camping in the smokey and blueridge mountains as i begin my journeys thru the southern united states missouri will be the only state i do not return to it sucked real bad last time