“I am taking pictures across the coast. I retired a year and a half ago. I am an empty nester. My wife and I have been together for 25 years and the kids were all we had in common. I never wanted to marry her, but she got pregnant. She told me she was on the pill but she had a child anyway. Once I held my daughter, I couldn’t let her live without my involvement. A few years later, they ganged up on me and wanted another one and we had a son. We raised them well. My daughter is about to enter law school and my son is in his second year of college. I never wanted kids but I wouldn’t trade them for anything. They approve of me taking this time for myself. I always wanted to do photography but had no time for it, so photos are my purpose on this trip. I am going to places I have never been and seeing friends along the way. I stop whenever I see something interesting or someone I want to talk to. This is the first time I have taken a long road trip alone like this. I am sleeping in my car at truck stops.