++ A FEW DAYS LATE because i didn't have internet access. but i wrote them on my computer and saved them. and now i'm going to post them...
oh yeah. mom and i made it to seattle today. it rained more or less the entire day today, until we got to seattle. so the score is, days in seattle-1. rainy days in seattle-0.

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03-25-2003
WHEN YOU ARE IN THE CAR on a cross-country trip, you get to listen to the radio…a lot! so…i was listening to the radio. and they started talking about rules of engagement in war. i suppose i’m just as critical about this as i was yesterday about the laws of war. don’t get me wrong, i am definitely NOT for this war. i guess i’m just not a big fan of people dieing. but honestly, if you do choose to go to war, what makes you think there are rules or laws which should be upheld? i know some things should be sacred for the protection of civilians, such as surrender and the white flag. but…yeah i don’t feel like talking about this anymore. you get the idea.

oh yeah, going back to yesterdays post about war being a game for presidents and generals. i heard on the radio today they called it a “theater of war”. you see, its so much of a game, they give terms such as theater, rules, laws, cinema…of war. It’s a big game to these people. i don’t get it. why do we send people out to kill people?

i also heard on the radio that a 747 costs approximately $70,000 to fill it up with gas. i’m not quite sure what kind of gas they use or how many gallons of gas it takes, but geesh, that’s a lot of money to fly. i guess i can see why it costs so much for a plane ticket.

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03-24-2003
LISTENING TO THE RADIO today about the war in iraq and i heard something about laws of war. when did war acquire laws? who enforces these laws? is there a handbook or a rulebook i can check out at the library? who publishes and checks these rules for errors? why do i feel these rules are total bs made up by some wacko playing a game of risk and decided it would be best if we applied these rules to real life? its sort of like sim city or the sims or any of those simulation games, except we are using real life human beings, our friends and family, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, fathers and mothers, except hitting control-alt-delete or accessing the back-up file won’t garner their lives back.

DAY THREE was a touch rough at first on the road. mom drove at first from denver to cheyenne, wyoming and it was snowy, slushy, and wet. i was asleep. she got tired after that so i took over and drove the last 6 hours. of course as soon as i took over it cleared up and was sunny and blue skies for the rest of the way. tonight salt lake city and in theory tomorrow its seattle, but we’ll see how long it is until we both get tired.

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03-23-2003
FIRST TWO on the road have been fine. nothing major. just the usual quick first day. the second day stop in hayes, kansas. the dodging of the tumbleweed. beautiful denver. and tomorrow its off to idaho. woohoo. ++