outtherecomic.com/d/20060622.html Out There - Thursday, June 22, 2006 John: Are you going to be okay by yourself?/Miriam: I hope so, it's a big country to cross.//John: You're going all the way across the country?/Miriam: Yeah, I'm meeting someone in Portstown, maybe starting a new job there too.//John: A new career in a new town, huh?/Miriam: If I like it. This is sort of a take-a-vacation-and-see-if-I-want-to-stay sort of deal.//John: Hmmm. You could kind of describe what I'm doing that way too.//Miriam: Well, except that I have a car and credit cards and a destination, and you have a backpack./John: Your way is a little frillier.