Wandering Aimlessly
Hey, I'm Brian Cray - adventure travel writer and seasonal worker. Follow my adventure short stories on hitchhiking, train hopping and wandering.
50 Shades of Train
People know you ride
when she rolls into a town,
with you drenched in grease.
Your face smudged in dirt.
Your fingernails are deep black.
You ramblin' train tramp.
Mystery Man
My face is my face,
but I am still a ghost, yes,
I am still a ghost.
Sentimental Scribblings
Immersed in the wax,
Scribbling, writing emotions,
Leaving marks behind...
Crimson Tides of Sun
I wake on lumber.
Crimson embers light the sky,
as she sleeps on steel.
Freedom is Blind
Gorgonize my ears
With that sudden wrench of steel
Blind me with freedom
Ridin’ Blind on a California Line
Train Hopping California
I woke up early to hit the ramp to hitch out of Goodyear for Flagstaff. After a few hours of standing on...
Isabela, Philippines, Tilapia…Oi…Oi
Hitchhiking Isabela Philippines
The past few days the knots and twists in my stomach killed me. Literally incapacitated, I slept most of the past two...
Abandoned Growers Cold Storage Co.
Abandoned WNY - Growers Cold Storage Co.
Alright, so I'll be the first to honestly admit that Western New York sucks, but the country has...
Loaded Coal and Locked Dreams
Train Hopping Denver
After kickin’ it for a week in a townhouse off of Martin Luther King Blvd., gettin’ high off edibles, and free climbing...
Hitchhiking to California
Hitchhiking to California
We stood near the on-ramp of I-70 West flying a sign that said, "West." The vehicles whizzed by the roundabout right before...
