Tears on Both Sides of the Ocean (part 3)
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008He arrived in Japan and he was full of emotion. Never having traveled, a history that was starting to haunt him, new sites and sounds…at times it was overwhelming.
Anyone who has driven on highway 99 from Delano to Bakersfield once, let alone every day of your life, knows that landing in a place like Tokyo was going to be quite a shock. Between Delano and Bakersfield, even the rattle snakes and prairie dogs don’t want to be there. It is barren, it is dry, it is hot and the word “beautiful” does not exist in the local vocabulary.