As planned, I got up around 2.30 am and started towards the big city, with a hope of reaching Phoenix before it woke up for work : after a non-stop 4+ hour journey (didn’t even stop for gas) and missing only one last exit (which did not make any difference whatsoever to my trip), I was well within the city before 6.30 am and in PHX by 7! I tried my best to get bumped off, both in Phoenix and in Minneapolis, but both lights were underbooked. When I checked my NWA WorldPerks accounts after reaching Houghton, I realized that I already have 25,000 miles! One thing that I could remember was a statement from one of the plays I had done, about 12 years ago - Nature can only fulfil a man’s needs, but not his greeds.