"It just so happened that he was waiting on the side of the road somewhere for his car to be towed on the morning that I planned to announce my departure, " Cohen says.
There is a two- to three-second hiatus before it lands and explodes, and in that brief time people stop and listen - waiting to hear where it lands, hoping it is somewhere else.
Somewhere in the United States, there are places waiting to be discovered this summer -- jagged mountain peaks, roadside diners with heaps of eccentric flair and candy-coloured beach coves that cry out for skinny-dipping adventures.