Category Archives: On the Road Again
One-Hundred Six
One-hundred six days out I have finally come to the beginning of my adventure. Some years ago I read a Stephen Ambrose book called Nothing Like It in the World – The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad. In the … Continue reading
One-Hundred Four
I sat in Santa Cruz and watched the Philadelphia Phillies win Game One of the World Series. That’s something I would not have expected to write in my life. I kind of feel the same way I did when I … Continue reading
One-Hundred
Here I sit in Santa Monica, two miles from the beach, in a motel room eating noodles off a knife for lack of a fork, making meatloaf sandwiches and drinking Sammy while huddled over my laptop eyes glued to ESPN … Continue reading
Ninety-Three
At 5:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time, after ninety-three days on the road and eleven-thousand fifty miles overland I glimpsed the Pacific Ocean from Interstate 5 between San Juan Capistrano and San Clemente, California. I don’t know how the internet feels. … Continue reading
Eighty-Three
OK. No more offroad trips in search of ghosted ghost towns. From now on I am only sticking to government-approved, tourist friendly ghost towns. I drive a Camry for chrissakes. I shouldn’t be taking my poor two-wheel drive, four cylinder … Continue reading