During the boating season, I always keep my boat stocked with food, water,
clothes, and everything else needed to leave at a moments notice. The sense
of freedom that comes from knowing that I can be untying the lines and at
headed to sea within 20 minutes almost any place I usually am is just
priceless. When I'm daydreaming wildly, I think about how I could run to
the boat if something like the Yellowstone mega volcano erupted or a
fundamentalist Christian coup against the government took place. I suppose
having the state find out that you are a sex offender required to
register who has been staying under the radar would count but I haven't had
that particular fantasy myself. But, hey, this fellow is living the dream!
What could be more romantic than chucking all your past in the trash (for
Ron to go through and sell), jumping into your boat, and heading to sea a
step ahead of whatever threatens on shore? Whatever sins he may have
committed decades ago, I wish him well. This could be the beginning of the
best and most real part of his life.

--
Roger Long