California

I'm back in California. When we crossed the state line, I felt I was coming home. I feel that California is truly my state. We drove through joshua tree forests, saw creosote, saw ocotillos not leafed out, not flowering. Later we saw the pacific ocean as we drove through Ventura. We got stuck in traffic near Carpenteria. I'm delirious with travel, and I sort of feel like I'm still moving. I'll see E tomorrow and take the train home the next day.