I’m taking a 6-8 week road trip across the United States through Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and back to Colorado to find a new place to live and work. My MINI Cooper has a new clutch, brakes, and oil change so she’s ready to roll. The demands of the trip mean I will be updating the blog less frequently and much of the poetry will be focused on the sites of the journey. Stay tuned for the first location within the next week.
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Goodness, I admire you Anna…what an incredible adventure you are about begin!!
I can’t wait to see the beautiful words that result from your trip. If you swing through Western NY, please let me know : ) Safest travels to you ….
-Eva
Thank you Eva, I will be in Western NY in January.
Have a safe trip…
will keep you in my thoughts and prayers as you travel.
What a blessing that you can do this.
Peace
Siggi in Downeast Maine
Thank you for your thoughts and prayers Siggi.
Anna–Safe travels. I look forward to hearing from you as your opportunities allow. Best of luck on your adventure.
Thank you Steve, I am looking forward to being inspired to write poetry I never would have imagined at home.
All the best on your trip, Anna. Safe journeys!
Thanks, I’ve never taken a major road trip alone so it will be eye opening if nothing else :).
Some road medicine for the soul is always a good thing. That sounds like the granddaddy of all road trips you have planned there. I hope you’ll let me know when you pass through town. Be careful, dear Anna. May the weather gods smile on you–we’re supposed to get snow Monday here and I’m excited, since I can sit inside and watch it. Happy Kerouac-ing.
Yes, I’ll be in Tulsa from a little before Christmas through at least New Year’s Day. I’ve got all the emergency gear packed up except my Dad reminded me to get some pepper spray. We got a lot of snow this week and I’m excited to visit some places where snow would be a shock :).
nice…love a good road trip…hope you have a blast…stay safe, travel light…and see you soon enough…
Thanks Brian, I always travel light :). On my three week trip to Egypt and Jordan I took exactly one school sized backpack. Everywhere we went people kept asking about my luggage. Did I lose it? Where’s the rest of it? Was I sure I had all of it.
Wow, What a challenge, Anna! A brave decision and a great adventure looming ahead. Whatever it is drive safely. Our reflects are slower after some while on the road. Good luck to you , Ma’am!
Hank
Thank you Hank, I do try to be brave!
wonderful.
and in a mini too. =)
I thought you’d enjoy the MINI Janet :).
I had a grey 1964 mini 850 with sliding windows and a push button start for many years and it was very much an extension of my self =). A bit out of range for this trip in Adelaide Australia but will be thinking of you.
Nice, I’ll probably post by next week with some pictures from the trip!
it sounds liberating exhilarating explorative empowering, fun!
all cobwebs blown out the windows =)
So far so good, I’m on day two and feeling better already!
wow…sounds quite like a cool time ahead…have fun anna and travel safe..
Thanks Claudia, if nothing else it will be an adventure to remember.
Anna, I look forward to all your tales from the road. Funny, just was perusing IMDB and noticed Elizabethtown, which, in case you haven’t seen, has a road trip in it too. Anyhow, I envy you here, I miss those days out on the road, but Living vicariously through you will be just as good:)
Thanks, I look forward to having good stories to share :)! I’ll check out Elizabethtown if they have it on play instant.
Should be an enriching experience…look forward to reading about your travels. 🙂 // Peter.
Thank you kindly Peter!
Came looking for you today, Anna, because I hadn’t seen anything from you in a while. Now I know why! Quite an industrious undertaking, but sounds like fun. I love traveling by car…taking my time. Enjoy the adventure and I hope you find a nice new home where you’ll feel comfortable.