The Great American Dream

Slab City 2024

So much has changed in America since I first moved here in 2002. Traveling around back in the early 2000’s seemed so much more simple. Just a map, an old truck, and a dog called Piglet. There was always a cheap diner, or motel ready to accommodate after a dusty day of shooting. Gas was less than a dollar a gallon, a tire puncture cost five dollars to fix, and you could always find a shop that sold film. Today, Diners are few and far between, charging fine dining prices. A tank of gas is as much as a hotel, and a motel is more than a hundred dollars a night. A puncture will set you back fifty dollars, unless its a run-flat and then its a new tire. And of course there are no shops selling film. But despite this inflated lunacy, some things never change. The calling of the open road continues and the American Dream, although now too far out of reach for most younger Americans, still remains.