Peterbilt ride through desert darkness with Carl, a trucker who lost his son in Vietnam
Phoenix truck stop survival on shared Grand Slam breakfasts and endless coffee
Meeting Wade - Vietnam vet sailor with a gutted VW van and hard-earned wisdom
Near-death tire blowout at 75 mph on Arizona interstate
Wade’s sailing philosophy: “The ocean don’t lie like land does”
Desert heat reaching 108 degrees and the kindness of wine-soaked strangers
Arrival in Las Cruces with Big Bend Canyon prophecy echoing ahead
“Surfing The Interstates”—the first book of a memoir trilogy—chronicles a transformative 4,000-mile hitchhiking journey across America in 1973. This coming-of-age memoir follows a 21-year-old’s two-month odyssey from East Coast privilege to West Coast revelation, capturing the last summer when you could truly vanish in America.
Click here for table of contents with links to all 16 chapters.
