When artwork is involved, it's almost assumed that it's going to travel. It's too hot to stay here.

It makes me feel like I have more options than just, you know, calling the airlines or calling the travel agent,

One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.

Two of these trucks will travel nationwide, two of these trucks will travel along the I-5 corridor. I know we'll get tips on these cases.

No camera, no recording device, no laptop, none of this palm pilot nonsense or a cell phone. Paper and pencil, a book, maybe a bilingual dictionary. Anything beyond that (a) can be stolen, and (b) intimidates people you encounter. The more double-A batteries you carry, the more you distance yourself from the people you're writing about.

We're all guessing at this point, basically throwing darts at a number of possible scenarios.