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J. D. Carpenter’s American Odyssey
DAY 32 — PICTON, ONTARIO: After 20 states, 12,726 kilometres, $4400 in expenses, 29 tanks of gas, two oil changes, two attacks of chigger bites, 24 motel and hotel rooms, four tentsites, one overnight in the back of the Jimmy, two nights with friends, and one overnight with a kind stranger in the Flint Hills of Kansas, we’re home. We travelled to Egypt, Denmark, and Mexico, as well as Paris, Florence, Milan, and Cadiz (all of which, in this case, are middle-American towns), not to mention What Cheer, Iowa, and Whynot, Mississippi.
As a result, I’ve got some promising ideas for Campbell Young #5 (including a particularly gruesome death involving a horde of flesh-eating crawfish in the Atchafalaya Swamp), and am looking forward to sitting down to some serious writing in the next few months.
It was great to be gone, but it’s great to be home. And if you happen to be in Picton tomorrow evening (Tuesday, July 31), we’ll be at Steve Purtelle’s Acoustic Grill on Main Street about 5:00 p.m., enjoying a drink with our friends. Join us if you can.
So ends our blog. Thanks for your company.
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J.D. Carpenter's Campbell Young novels have been nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award, appeared on national bestseller lists (The Globe & Mail), and received critical acclaim (The Globe & Mail, The Toronto Star, The Edmonton Journal, Maclean's, Quill & Quire).
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Welcome home. So nice to have travelled with you for the past month. See you soon at Two Hills
Welcome home. Thoroughly enjoyed every entry. Have a pint for me, next time ON me.
D.
Welcome back. Like the others, I’ve enjoyed looking over your shoulder. Much better than postcards. — DJ