I spent Autumn this year drifting around a bit and getting ready for the next stage of my life — interviewing, accepting a job, and finding a place to live. But I also took some time to enjoy the fall colors and some of the spookiness of the Halloween season. In Kentucky I visited a pumpkin patch and farm market with a friend on a beautiful fall day. I was a bit surprised to see the variety of pumpkins available,…
When I made plans to meet a friend in Nova Scotia, Canada, I hardly gave a thought to the border crossing. I suppose I was remembering the old days when all I needed was a driver’s license and I’d pretty much get waved through. It turns out that they’re paying a bit more attention these days, and the fact that I have no permanent address and carry all my possessions with me in my truck made them a bit concerned…
I keep surprising myself with how epic this journey has turned out to be. When I started out I wasn’t really convinced that I’d last 3 months, but I’ve now been travelling for over a year (13 months), and driven nearly 50,000 miles (80,467 km). And when I visited Rhode Island last week I passed another accidental goalpost — I’ve now visited all 48 contiguous United States on this trip! I call it an accidental goalpost, because I certainly didn’t…
Having recently been to a lot of beach town on the coast, and not overly interested in seeing more sand, I at first struggled to find something that I wanted to do in Rhode Island. It seemed to be a lovely state, very green, but with a road system somewhat in need of improvement, and some quite alarming bridges. I discovered that there were a number of very wealthy families that built their summer homes in Newport, however, so I…
I was recently looking back over the map of my journey, and I realized that Rhode Island was the only state in the 48 contiguous United States that I hadn’t visited yet. Clearly I had to rectify that omission and visit RI! On my way there from Cape Cod, I decided to make a quick stop to see Plymouth Rock, since it was almost on my route anyway, and ended up spending most of the day there. Plymouth is a…