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TRAVEL BLOG AND ITINERARY
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I recently returned from my first quintessential travel experience in Ecuador. While there I came to the conclusion (on a bus in the Andes, 5 days into the trip) that another journey was in order. Where better to learn to explore alone than in my own country? I speak the language. The water is tasty. I've traveled with family here before. The geography and people and scope are all grand. This road trip dissects and collects a majority of the lower 48 in the classic tradition of driving. I want to see what I have not seen. Doing this alone must not handicap my experience but intensify it, so that I might get to know myself and the country simultaneously. Enjoy!
| Trip Itinerary (Travel Blog Entries) | |||
1 |
Boston | Feb 02 '07 | The Send-Off Lunch
""come by the house before you leave, I'll give you some mace and a 38"" |
2 |
Gorham | Feb 02 '07 | A Splendid Winter Weekend
""Christmas IS coming"" |
3 |
New York | Feb 06 '07 | Savoring the Big Apple |
4 |
Jersey Shore | Feb 11 '07 | Ghost Strip
"I was fooled enough by the sun and gulls to roll down my window" |
5 |
Rehoboth Beach | Feb 11 '07 | Beautiful Beach Town
"The 60-Minute IPA never tasted so good!!" |
6 |
Milton | Feb 12 '07 | Dogfish Head Brewery Private Tour!!
"The only thing that beat the smell of the fermenting malt was the taste of it, pre-sparge and hot!" |
7 |
Ocracoke Island | Feb 13 '07 | A Beautiful Day for a Drive along the Graveyard of the Atlantic |
8 |
Hartsville | Feb 14 '07 | Not only Southern Immersion, but a real skinny dip!
"No matter how inconvenient the blue laws are, don't blame the Christians. Oops!" |
9 |
Charleston | Feb 15 '07 | I am charmed, charmed to make your acquaintance
"See the City Plantation Owners always Dreamed of Residing at (and then built)" |
10 |
Savannah | Feb 16 '07 | There's a Musk in the Air and a Spring in my Step
"See Savannah! If not for her beauty and charm, for her ghosts!" |
11 |
Scenic Route 30 | Feb 18 '07 | Bleach White Sands and Zero Gators- a joyful detour |
12 |
Bayou of the Gulf , Florida to Louisiana | Feb 19 '07 | Driving Across the Gulf- Land side |
13 |
New Orleans | Feb 19 '07 | Magical Lundi and Mardi Gras! |
14 |
San Antonio | Feb 20 '07 | Remember the Alamo?
""The Price Of Freedom" is $11.50, sir." |
15 |
Austin | Feb 23 '07 | Barack Obama Rally
"real diversity (as opposed to staged diversity) at a political rally" |
16 |
Big Bend National Park | Feb 24 '07 | Spectacular Volcanic History Grows Gorgeous Vistas!
"Have you heard of this place? It's practically a state!" |
17 |
Cloudcroft | Feb 26 '07 | From Big Bend to White Sands to a Lodge in the Mountains
"“Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers- Detention Facilities in Area”" |
18 |
Jemez Pueblo | Feb 28 '07 | Enchanted in New Mexico
"With my sorry command of English, I don't have words fitting for this place" |
19 |
Taos | Feb 28 '07 | Not as Enchanted in New Mexico
"The real story is in the drive there..." |
20 |
Cimarron | Feb 28 '07 | Cowboy Country!
""Over there is Wagon Mound, the old Red Light District of the Fort"" |
21 |
Las Vegas | Feb 28 '07 | The Other Las Vegas
"Enjoy the fruits of my eavesdropping labors!" |
22 |
Santa Fe | Mar 01 '07 | When I dream, on my own, I'm alone but I ain't lonely... |
23 |
Santa Fe | Mar 02 '07 | Dreams Come True, Yes They Do, In Santa Fe... |
24 |
Durango | Mar 03 '07 | A Real Diamond for a Night or Three
"Hey Boston, how do you spell gargantuan? Oh yeah? How about prejudice?!" |
25 |
Mesa Verde National Park | Mar 04 '07 | They Just Don't Build Cliff Dwellings Like They Used To |
26 |
Denver | Mar 05 '07 | Touristy Hightlights with commentary
"And then I realized, we were in Building Heaven" |
27 |
Fort Collins | Mar 10 '07 | New Belgium Brewery!
"the brewmasters could benefit from spending more time on inspiring concoctions and less on footprint reduction" |
28 |
Boulder | Mar 11 '07 | Trendy Kids Between a Rock and a Hard Place |
29 |
Moab | Mar 17 '07 | Awestruck in Moab
"The custom base for the town includes people of all ages and sizes, who like the outdoors, whether by biped or ATV or other, and that leaves no opportunity for pretention." |
30 |
Canyonlands National Park | Mar 18 '07 | National Park Overload, Part I |
31 |
Springdale | Mar 19 '07 | National Park Overload, Part IA |
32 |
Zion National Park | Mar 20 '07 | National Park Overload, Part II |
33 |
Bryce Canyon National Park | Mar 21 '07 | National Park Overload, Part III |
34 |
Flagstaff | Mar 23 '07 | I wanted to stay.... |
35 |
Grand Canyon South Rim | Mar 24 '07 | National Park Overload, Part IV
"The canyon brings out the most patient version of ourselves; it demands it." |
36 |
Cambria | Mar 26 '07 | Spoiling Senses in Lush California- Includes Driving 1 |
37 |
Big Sur | Mar 27 '07 | Wildlife Adventures at a State Park By the Sea
"They watched me, the mother perhaps preparing her bulk for the violent dance if I came too close" |
38 |
Big Basin Redwoods State Park | Mar 28 '07 | Remote Camping |
39 |
Healdsburg | Mar 30 '07 | Bear Republic Brewery Private Tour!!
"The character of this beer, which has won plenty of awards, lures connoisseurs into waxing poetic for paragraphs on its complexity." |
40 |
Calistoga | Mar 31 '07 | Divine Weekend in Napa Valley |
41 |
Las Vegas | Apr 05 '07 | An Oasis of Sin. It's a Terrible Place, & I love it
"She did that for twenty bucks?!" |
42 |
South Lake Tahoe | Apr 08 '07 | Fun at the Country's Largest Mountain Lake! |
43 |
Russian River Terrace | Apr 14 '07 | Tasting Wine with a Friend on the River |
44 |
Umpqua | Apr 18 '07 | Driving North - On the Road Again
"To call the drive... picturesque would be the understatement of this road trip." |
45 |
Portland | Apr 20 '07 | Whirlwind Tour of Portland |
46 |
Seattle | Apr 21 '07 | Touristy Highlights from a Family Weekend |
47 |
Yellowstone National Park | Apr 25 '07 | The First National Park on the Planet!
"And I barely saw half of this great park!" |
48 |
Great Smoky Mountains National Park | Apr 27 '07 | A Preseason Preview of the most Popular Park
"my atypical and unadventuresome visit to a park that doesn't need more reviews" |
49 |
Blue Ridge Parkway | Apr 29 '07 | Eking Out a Week For This Road |
50 |
Boston | May '07 | Top Ten Things to Bring on a Road Trip
"Your car will become a part of you, close to you, the tender reason for a softer rump." |
51 |
New York | May 11 '07 | The Quintessential New York Spring Weekend
"following locals to 4 am fries and shakes is one of those "I heart NY" experiences that good weekends should be full of." |
52 |
Boston | May 17 '07 | Last Stop Back East
"first attempt at processing- top ten style!" |
jack dough says:
Great trip!