On 4/9/2020 12:31:07, Stanley Halpin wrote:
On Apr 8, 2020, at 10:29 AM, John <[email protected]> wrote:
I've been doing "virtual" travel via Google Maps ... sort of dreaming where
I'm going to go if I ever get to go anywhere again. I've made it down to
Atlanta so far.
I-40 to I-85 is the quickest, but US 1 down to Columbia, SC and I-20
through Augusta are maybe less hectic. Neither appears to be all that
photogenic. No place along the way that really inspires me to linger.
I'm thinking about how I could do just sticking to the numbered highways
and avoiding the interstates all together.
John, look for a book called Blue Highways by William Leastheat Moon. (sp?).
15 years ago? I haven’t read it but have been told it is very good, the story
of the author’s drive through and around the U.S. using only the smaller
roads (colored blue on the maps.)
Another thought for a road trip… When there was a bicentennial celebration of
the Lewis & Clark expedition, there was quite a bit of press coverage in
Missouri where we lived. One of our favorite state parks had been a campsite
for the group on their way west, the park bookstore had much relevant
literature including maps of the expedition overplayed on the current road
system. A drive from St. Louis westward, following their route, could be
interesting...
stan
Most of my travels out west have focused on the south-west, but Louis & Clark is
on my bucket list. I'm trying to decide which used copy of "Blue Highways" to
order from Amazon right now.
I like the cover image Amazon is showing for that book. It reminds me of an
image I tried to make several times when I was driving down to Clinton, NC every
day during the recovery & reconciliation phase of our little trip out of the
country.
Many mornings it would be really foggy along NC 242 & US 421 & there was a
particular tree up a dirt side road that I could see that looked a lot like the
one in that cover image.
I stopped several times to try to capture the scene, but I never got one that
satisfied me.
Sometimes it's hard to decide whether to just get on the Interstate and highball
it west of the Mississippi before I start my meander or to start the meander
from home and the west can wait 'til I get there ...
Then other times, I want to go north, revisit Colonial America and the American
Revolution ... where to go, where to go?
Eventually, I hope to visit all 50 states, although I know driving to Hawaii is
going to be a bit difficult.
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