September 8, 2010
I prefer to live in this fantasy world
A recap of my Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip...
September 7, 2010
It aint over till it’s over.
Sunday we woke up early after the bluegrass festival and I made the executive decision to cut my trip a day short. I allotted two days to get back but looking over my map I kept thinking I'd probably only end up a few hours...
September 6, 2010
RedBone Willy’s Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Festival.
Saturday was RedBone Willy's Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Festival in Lawndale, North Carolina! Sadie and I left her place early for the drive to the festival. And on our way we stopped for some breakfast to give me my first taste of Bojangles (not to...
September 3, 2010
North Carolina Road Trip & The Second Best Water Ever.
Sadie had to work this morning but when she was done she raced back home to start our day's adventure! She got a nice slice of a day in the life of Silly America, and I got a nice slice of NC BBQ (quite literally!) Out...
September 3, 2010
Chicago needs more mountains.
Thursday. After a bagel with Will. After a quick stop at the rest area because Flopsy needed a bathroom break. After a detour to see a big pencil. I left Virginia and rolled my way into North Carolina. I headed out to Mt. Airy, North Carolina: AKA Mayberry. A town...
September 2, 2010
I swear we were infinite.
It's weird how unweird things are sometimes. Like how you can spend a night hanging out with someone you met in a bar in a foreign country two years ago and hadn't seen since and how it's weird but not really that weird at the...
August 31, 2010
And all the roads that lead you there were winding.
Sometimes a trip seems a day or two too long. It can happen when you need to get from point A to point B to point C and point B is only in town on a Wednesday and point C is going on on a...
August 29, 2010
Virginia Road Trip: I don’t do well with decisions.
I made the decision, this morning, on the second day of my Virginia road trip, to make a b-line for Alexandria. I had a few stops at roadside attractions scheduled but nothing really stood out and I figured I'd rather make it to Virginia early....
August 28, 2010
You know you take the scenic route when…
Lesson of the day: while I try to be a good driver who follows the rules of the road there are times that I will break those rules. Like when there is a sign that says no passing for the next seven miles and I...
August 27, 2010
Hitting the Road!
OK. I am doing it. In the morning I am hopping in my car and taking the biggest longest road trip I've ever taken and driving by myself further than I've even driven by myself before to a couple of states I have never been...