Days 25-31: Detroit, MI
After driving for a month, I was more than ready to begin the second leg of my journey–the one without a car–by July 29th. I was able to rest for about a day at home, do some much-needed laundry, and … Continued
After driving for a month, I was more than ready to begin the second leg of my journey–the one without a car–by July 29th. I was able to rest for about a day at home, do some much-needed laundry, and … Continued
I alluded briefly in my last post to what my intentions were in going to Alberta and B.C., but want to write some about the horrific projects and inspiring resistance that are growing in tandem throughout those provinces. Though I … Continued
Shouldn’t it be easy to find a coffee shop on a Saturday morning that isn’t a Tim Horton’s or a Starbucks in the downtown of a major city? This was my quest in Calgary, and I was failing. I found … Continued
I drove through the epic countryside between western South Dakota and Yellowstone National Park hoping to make it there by nightfall. I had heard that the road in from the east, where I’d be going, is both dangerous and winding … Continued
I came in to western South Dakota with one contact, third hand from a journalist who had been working in Spokane who became “completely obsessed with South Dakota”. A strange fate, I thought at first, but I can understand a … Continued
Of all of the places I’ve been so far this summer, Colorado was the first to tempt me away from my beloved Pacific Northwest. After the harrowing drive out of Utah that I wrote about previously, I was thrilled to … Continued
I spent a leisurely morning at the hotel with my dear friend Kelly in order to feel that I’d had some semblance of a Vegas time. We talked and relaxed poolside, gawked at gamblers who were clearly still there in … Continued
I arrived later than expected in Fresno, CA due to the delays you read about in the last post. My host, Richard, was welcoming anyway despite having never met me. Our mutual friend, Hollis, had made an introduction and his … Continued
As I mentioned in the last post, I came down into the Bay Area without much of a plan, knowing that with so much going on between the diverse and far flung communities that are part of it, I wouldn’t … Continued