North Carolina – Windswept and Interesting

A huge moment! The Roanoke Island Bluegrass festival! Thank you Steve Harvey for making this possible. The setting was beautiful beyond words, on the edge of the United States of America, in the same spot as the Lost Colony (that I had never heard of, unfortunately) arrived and disappeared. It’s really just a tiny sand spit on the edge of a grey and menacing Atlantic.

And guess what, nearby was the very spot that those crazy Wright brothers flew up from the ground – and stayed up! I tell you, this trip is so great in every way. Historically, culturally and emotionally. Yes, some of those bluegrass songs brought tears to my eyes! And that only a few days after crying because I was bourbon-shitfaced and one day after tearing up when I had to leave my beautiful Mexican friends. All in all I’ve cried more on this trip than in the last two years put together.

And the beauty is astounding everywhere we go. Even the toilets!

This whole trip I’ve only seen one toilet that wasn’t 100% pristine and beautiful; I think it was in a truck stop in Alabama.

USA! USA! USA!

飛 (Fei – to fly)
美國 (Mei Gok – USA)
蘭草 (Lam jo – bluegrass)