Day on journey: And when the world comes crashing down around us, do remember it is the most wonderful time of bleak midwinter

Turning onto Fascination Street consider how a softer more desolate palette awaits us in the Southwest. We can drive for around 12 hours and be in (actually many places) but I am thinking Austin as we can crash on a couch there, listen to some songs there and generally get lost, found and turned around there. Turn up the mixtape and make sure the headlights are working for a road trip unlike but just like every other. Wait, how did we end up in Seattle again?