CHAPTER ELEVEN
NOVEMBER 9, 1960
Well, my delay here, besides Laura, is based on my need to save money and get my leg better before traveling. The dang thing aches a lot, and it’s the color of moldy marble cake. I picked up some more antibiotics just to be safe. But I refuse to go back to those morose purveyors of medical malfeasance who prescribed them. It’s a matter of principle... MINE!
Friday night I saw a new TV show called “Route 66,” and the idea of hitting the road got me charged up, so yesterday I picked up a map. The Route 66 possibilities look very adventurous. I’ve thought about this route many times before. I even told my little brother that when I got my license, we’d “get our kicks on Route 66,” which I first read about in The Grapes of Wrath.
One day I put Leland on my b
