Welcome to California

So here I have put about maybe seven thousand miles on my truck these past couple months, driving from California through the deep south to Atlanta and then to Florida; and then returning again but deeper through the deep south - I10 this time into Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, across the entire state of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona with my truck unscathed the entire trip.

Then I relax, let my guard down as I get to my home state, my beautiful California that I treasure so much. I cross the Mohave desert, through Palm Springs and about 60 miles east of Los Angeles I stop at a rest stop to go to the bathroom and check my phone for messages.

I leave the bathroom and begin the walk back to my truck when a carload of young white men, gunning their engine, scream "fuck you" and "white power", accompanied by their obscene gestures leaning out their windows as they zoom by.

I shake my head and raise my arms, one hand displaying "peace", the other "love". As I get closer to my truck, I see that they have taken magic markers and, well, you'll see below: