Well, this is it.

Instead of going on and on about whatever I'm thinking or feeling right now, I thought it would be appropriate to post some quotes I think I'll need to refer back to from time to time throughout my journey.  But first, here are a couple of pictures of the inside of my car, finally packed:

"Write only what kicks you and keeps you overtime awake from sheer mad joy."
-Jack Kerouac

"From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back.  That is the point that must be reached."
-Franz Kafka

"You must do the thing you think you cannot do." 
-Eleanor Roosevelt

There are more, I'm sure.  But these seem the most appropriate.  

Well, time to kick the tires and light the fires.