Who would go to Key West with 8 bucks? When you're doing the right thing God paves the road.

Weston Rayfield is a testament to following your muse and making dreams come true; his book "Marathon Tools" just became available nationwide. At 50 he made a life altering decision to get out of business and go for his lifelong dream of being a novelist. Weston sold all that he owned and began a two-year sabbatical to see his literary dream through. Homeless for the first time in his life, he packed-up his van, with 75 books and took off across country.

When I wrote my book and decided to go on the road --tossing everything I had known out the window, getting rid of my house, business, and all my possessions-- with very little money, just books and my wits about me, I had no idea what would be in front of me. I just took my rearview mirror, snapped it off at the neck and put the petal to the metal.

I have a 1978 Ford E-150 Camper Van, that I restored before I left Michigan. Thumbs-up to both Ford and Coachmen companies for producing products with an everlasting shelf life.

After starting in Michigan, doing book signings and art shows in Lansing,  Ledge, East Lansing, and Grand Rapids, I was off to a warmer climate.

On my way to Florida, losing my keys, chiseling locking gas caps off, hack-sawing my way through a bicycle lock, buying a new car battery, and also dealing with computer problems, I made it down south, relatively unscathed.

Looking at a map, planning my book signings, I noticed a city named Marathon, Florida. I had no Idea that there was a Marathon, Florida when I wrote the book. But after viewing the Florida map, I said to myself: Well, I just have to go down and visit there for sure.