LIVE FROM BRISTOL, VA
Made it out to Bristol, VA after severely underestimating rush hour traffic out of DC. I still can’t believe I rolled into this Southern Virginia town at 11:27 p.m. A few notes along the way… Why am I...
View Article50 STATE UPDATE
To officially wrap up my coverage of my Tennessee getaway last weekend, it’s time to update my 50 state count. I picked up Tennessee and South Carolina over the weekend to up my tally to 34 (I...
View ArticleGOING TO EXTREMES: VIRGINIA
It’s been a little while since I voyaged outside of the D.C. metro area (well, at least as much as this blog is concerned – I actually went out to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware last weekend, so there). In...
View ArticleA HIKE THROUGH CONGAREE
So last Friday night Breeah and I set off on a whirlwind two days. Destination: South Carolina. 1,128 miles later, just after 11:20 p.m. on Sunday, we pulled into the parking lot of our apartment –...
View ArticleOFF TO SEE THE GROUNDHOG
Yes, today is Groundhog Day and the most famous prognosticator of prognosticators, Punxsutawney Phil, came out of his burrow and saw his shadow. That means six more weeks of what has been a relatively...
View ArticleSTATE YOUR CITIZENSHIP. YES, PLEASE!!
OK, so I hate to rag on my good cousin Walter, but I had to mention this story as a proper sendoff to our great Canadian roadtrip saga. I can’t imagine anyone passes through borders without a...
View ArticleA WEEKEND ROADY FIRST: DRIVING ON THE LEFT!
I’m back from a whirlwind tour of England which included two jam-packed days of driving the southern parts of the country (and a third on the speedy Eurostar to Paris). The occasion? My girlfriend,...
View ArticleMONTANA! MONTANA!
…Glory of the West…or so the state song goes (man, I haven’t sung that tune since grade school). Anyway, I thought it would be worth announcing my upcoming drive to my former home state next week. I...
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