Road Trippin': The Master List
Nov. 19th, 2009 02:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thehefnerThose of you who've been reading my journal for a year or more know that I embarked on a massive road trip across the US from the start of November 2008 to the end of January 2009. I recounted my adventures in the form of day-to-day entries with tons of photos, stories, trivia, etc. And much to my surprise, many of you actually liked these rambling posts of mine!
Well, if you've read those, you'll recall that I never actually finished my series, wrapping up my adventure home. Part of it was procrastination and laziness. Part of this is because I had a set ending in mind, one which never came to pass for several reasons (it still could, if I ever got around to it). Part of this is because I was--and still sorta am--hesitant to delve into those raw, bleeding emotions surrounding my return.
Take it from me: you can't plan an adventure. And if you try, you'd better be prepared to get one, just not the one you wanted.
Well, since I'm working on a new show based around the road trip (at least, one or two of the eight or nine different stories I could tell about the trip), I think it's time to finally finish the story. As best as I can. Taking this much time is a double-edged sword: I gain perspective, but I lose the immediacy of memory and emotion. I hope the photos are enough to kickstart my memory. I hope you continue to enjoy them in any case.
In the meantime, for those who wants a kickstart themselves, or simply to catch up with this whole thing, here are all my pertinent road trip posts in handy-dandy order.
The oh-so-optimistic start. "We're on an adventure, Charlie!"
Prelude to Adventure: my tire deflates and my nose explodes.
Route 66, Day One (Chicago, IL, to a rest stop just past the Missouri border)
Route 66, Day Two (AKA "Get Me The Fuck Out of Missouri")
Route 66, Day Three (The Oklahoma Adventure)
Route 66, Day Four (the Texas panhandle failure to Tucumcari, NM)
Route 66, Day Five (Tucumcari, NM, to a sleazy truck stop just over the Arizona border) (Plus, bonus post: The 1957 Chevy Bel Air)
Route 66, Day Six (The National Parks of Arizona)
Route 66, Day Seven (the incomplete ending)
My return to the Playboy Mansion
L.A., the missing chapter (the Getty Museum!)
US West Coast, Day 1 (Santa Barbara)
US West Coast, Day 2, Part 1 (Hearst Castle)
US West Coast, Day 2, Part 2 (Big Sur to Santa Cruz)
US West Coast, the lost episode (no photos)
US West Coast: The Rest of the Story
(MISSING REEL)
The Road to Vegas is, in fact, paved, but not plowed is another bloody matter!
Vegas, pallies (Part 1: the Strip)
Vegas, palles (Day 2: Red Rock Canyon)
Aaaand that's as far as I've gotten. I still need to do Vegas Day 3, which I'll get on tonight or tomorrow. Let's finally wrap this bugger up!
Well, if you've read those, you'll recall that I never actually finished my series, wrapping up my adventure home. Part of it was procrastination and laziness. Part of this is because I had a set ending in mind, one which never came to pass for several reasons (it still could, if I ever got around to it). Part of this is because I was--and still sorta am--hesitant to delve into those raw, bleeding emotions surrounding my return.
Take it from me: you can't plan an adventure. And if you try, you'd better be prepared to get one, just not the one you wanted.
Well, since I'm working on a new show based around the road trip (at least, one or two of the eight or nine different stories I could tell about the trip), I think it's time to finally finish the story. As best as I can. Taking this much time is a double-edged sword: I gain perspective, but I lose the immediacy of memory and emotion. I hope the photos are enough to kickstart my memory. I hope you continue to enjoy them in any case.
In the meantime, for those who wants a kickstart themselves, or simply to catch up with this whole thing, here are all my pertinent road trip posts in handy-dandy order.
The oh-so-optimistic start. "We're on an adventure, Charlie!"
Prelude to Adventure: my tire deflates and my nose explodes.
Route 66, Day One (Chicago, IL, to a rest stop just past the Missouri border)
Route 66, Day Two (AKA "Get Me The Fuck Out of Missouri")
Route 66, Day Three (The Oklahoma Adventure)
Route 66, Day Four (the Texas panhandle failure to Tucumcari, NM)
Route 66, Day Five (Tucumcari, NM, to a sleazy truck stop just over the Arizona border) (Plus, bonus post: The 1957 Chevy Bel Air)
Route 66, Day Six (The National Parks of Arizona)
Route 66, Day Seven (the incomplete ending)
My return to the Playboy Mansion
L.A., the missing chapter (the Getty Museum!)
US West Coast, Day 1 (Santa Barbara)
US West Coast, Day 2, Part 1 (Hearst Castle)
US West Coast, Day 2, Part 2 (Big Sur to Santa Cruz)
US West Coast, the lost episode (no photos)
US West Coast: The Rest of the Story
(MISSING REEL)
The Road to Vegas is, in fact, paved, but not plowed is another bloody matter!
Vegas, pallies (Part 1: the Strip)
Vegas, palles (Day 2: Red Rock Canyon)
Aaaand that's as far as I've gotten. I still need to do Vegas Day 3, which I'll get on tonight or tomorrow. Let's finally wrap this bugger up!
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