A poetry book of reflective serious and humorous poems from short to long inspired by a solo motorcycle touring era when vanishing points were your friends and you did not know if you would ever go back to where you came from An era of a weathered road map folded to the universe of your current driving day at an eyeamprsquos glance When for days on end every person you spoke to or met was a total stranger and you took note of what they had to say It was a time of living as one with your motorcycle your gear your maps your journal your wits and yourself was the daily routine of solo ampldquoJohn Doeamprdquo travel when a hug meant more than a simple greeting or goodbye and even though you were so very alone you were never lonely A time when the rising sun pointed the wayampnbspScenic ampldquoopen roadamprdquo color photos of the day accompany the poems enhancing the readeramprsquos experience of the poetry as if they were there themselves There is a photo index giving subject location and date of each photo