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Message: <blockquote data-quote="johnr" data-source="post: 483380" data-attributes="member: 395">My youngest moved to Dayton FL for school, he loaded his car and off he went last august. He was unable to fit his motorcycle into the original journey, so I loaded it up in the rear of the pickup and made the 3,000+ mile trip to see him and deliver his bike. As you guys have stated, that much alone time, and thinking time was refreshing. I stopped at many rest stops and actually just walked around them. Surprisingly they all seem to have a walking path, a bit of history about the spot, and a really nice place to take a break. I must've looked like a moron wondering these little rest areas, sometimes with a tear in my eye knowing that my adult life's work of raising kids was over, and they are all on their own doing their own things. The kids I spent so much time and money on really no longer need me. As an old man shit hits me harder than it used to. I miss them all, but this one hit hard, as he was my only son, and we had of course a deeper bond. Now I have a room with all his guns, fishing poles, and other items that he wont need to collect until his next step, and sometimes I just look at them and wonder where all that time went, and what I would have done differently.I have been walking my dog too, pretty much every morning, it is refreshing, and really gets me in deep thought some mornings. My old bastard is now 13, and these purposeful walks will soon end too. I will not be replacing a dog at this time in my life, but don't know if the walks will continue without one.</blockquote>

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