Is this boredom, or...?

When setting out for this journey, I myself grew quite excited. And yet… 

The only exciting part about it was the beginning. 

Throughout the first day of carefully traversing the plains and avoiding any spots that I judged to be even slightly more intense than the rest, we didn't really feel the boredom. 

There was simply so much novelty all around, from the great sense of adventure as we were likely the first ones to step that far into this open yet deadly plain. Then there was the excitement of living pretty much a van's life for a while, even if we only had our open buggy and the sleeping capsules welded to it in place of a van. 

Still, with all the amenities present within the buggy's frame, as long as we didn't make our massive vehicle roll over, we could continue to use not only the kitchen and some basic toilet but also a damn refrigerator and a shower! Albeit they relied on some clever tricks and were a far cry from the real thing…