This is a collection of stand‑alone journey narratives drawn from real travels and battered journals. Following a recurring traveler, often named Louis, these books trace true routes across continents and years—fictionalized in places, but grounded in actual roads walked, miles driven, and encounters lived. From a shoestring tour of the pre-internet world to a family crisscrossing North America in search of a new home to a quest for great ape encounters in remote forests to a 4,000-mile literary odyssey across the United States, each volume blends memoir and novelistic storytelling. Together, they invite readers into vivid landscapes, close-up moments with people and wildlife, and the quiet inner shifts that only happen when you leave certainty behind and follow the road.