Road Trip South: Dauphin Island
Orange Beach, AL to New Orleans, LA — Orange Beach is a mass of hotels and condos along the beach. Parking at a Gulf State Park parking lot, we went […]
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Road Trip South: Mishap in Chattahoochee
Chattahoochee, FL to Orange Beach, AL — After spending the night in Chattahoochee, Lucy and I departed for Orange Beach, AL, but not before trying to find a post office […]
Road Trip South: The Travel Spoon
St. Marys, GA to Chattahoochee, FL — Along the way to Chattahoochee, Lucy and I caught up on our past year in grad school. She’s studying youth; I prefer older […]
The Beginning of a Road Trip South, Deep South
Charleston, SC to St. Marys, GA – Bailey, the young woman at the hostel, told me that there really weren’t a lot of restaurants serving local food in Charleston. There […]
So Now You Know Where I’m At
Beersheba Springs, TN – “Marathon. Marathon is the Greek word for fennel. In Latin, it’s foeniculum. In Spanish, it’s hinojo with a silent ‘h’. That one doesn’t follow like the […]
Heartland of America: Last Leg
Hot Springs to Marion, AR – I’d be lying if I said the drive to Marion was easy. I was tired from the heat and listened again to a sweet […]
Love Letter to Arkansas
Branson, MO to Hot Springs, AR – I expected the highway to worsen with every mile I drove into Arkansas. Everything people told me about the state was dismal. Why […]
Branson, USA
WaKeeney, KS to Branson, MO – I decided to stay in WaKeeney and try not blow away that night. I set up my tent in my designated grassy slot between […]
A Good Storm
Denver, CO, to WaKeeney, KS – My radio was tuned to local livestock prices on my drive from Denver to Sewanee, TN, when the public emergency buzz broke into the […]
Savannah and the Man from Spain
Savannah, GA — When you travel alone, there is an opening in the universe which allows unique relationships to blossom. I found myself with an extra day in Georgia. The […]
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