Hello gang. My plans are coming along swimmingly. I will be PMing y'all individually to ask for phone numbers - then I will call you on the road a few weeks before I come by your towns.

Fielding just gave me a little tape recorder to collect folksongs with, so can you all try to be authentic source folksingers by the time I get there? In return, I intend to leave copies of my original songs and flowcharts along the way.

I've decided to start by crossing Canada then entering the states at Seattle - so my original route for crossing the states will be reverse. I'll go down to CA, go east across the south through the winter, then up the east half.

Cheers, Marion