Life Behind: a memoir from the open road through the Wild West

Ever wanted to just pick up and go? So what stopped you? In the late spring of 2008, suddenly devoid of my job, my long-term girlfriend, and quite possibly my faith in humanity, I took to the road as a form of self-prescribed therapy. Equipped only with what I could fit in the back of my small SUV, I made my way across 3,800 miles of the beautiful West and Pacific Northwest, sleeping mostly in my truck, fly fishing, and communing with both nature and locals alike. My trials along the way ranged from such trivial things as cavorting with small-town girls and figuring out where my next shower would come from, to the much more profound issues of dealing with lost love and coming to terms with the fact that sooner or later, like it or not, I was going to have to "grow up." This memoir is a recount of my search for the sort of elusive guidance that can only be found in clear high mountain trout streams and at the bottom of craft beers in smoky dive bars.