Albert Camus + 3 New York Hippies In A 1968 Volkswgen Bug

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Paul, Kevin and Paul

a/k/a

Gretschel, O'Grady, and Oliverio

did what came natural

to New York hippies

in the summer of '68:

we drove to California

Gretschel was our leader

He had already visited

California twice
that summer

O'grady was our philosopher

His Jackson Heights reefer

was superior to the Pauls'

Flushing foliage

Oliverio was the wheelie:

the Bug was a graduation gift

from his parents

We drove more than

7000 miles in ten days

but the car had only

666 miles on the odometer

before we left Long Island

The fun and the follies

were immeasurable

and unforgettable

But this page is about

a very small moment

when Kevin was reading a book

in the back seat

of the bug

I was in the passenger seat

and we started talking about

the book: Albert Camus'  
The Stranger

I had read it

as a high school senior

Gretschel was driving

and was disengaged

from the discourse

Kevin mentioned that

Camus died in a car crash

We were somewhere

in the Rocky Mountains

when the driver asked:

Didn't Camus write

The Myth of Sisyphus?
 

I didn't know the answer

but Kevin did

The answer was
YES

I asked
"Did Camus also write
Myther SissyFoot?"

Okay, this trio
consisted of
two intelligent
New York hippies
and one idiot
who wasn't smart enough
to include any photos
on a travelogue page
  

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