American Road Trip

Power walking, it turns out, is one of the hallmarks of the American civilization.  I had seen plenty of it in Los Angeles: folks in groups of two and three, arms swinging with their strides while making their way slowly but determinedly through the hills of Griffith Park.  I hadn’t paid much attention to these [...]

I left Los Angeles on April 29th to begin my long, meandering, journey towards the Atlantic.  Meandering is key here because my planned route involves several deviations from a single-minded east-bound trajectory.  Since I’ve long embraced deviance, these excursions didn’t seem like a big deal.  What are a few hundred extra miles when the trip [...]