In 2011 I traveled 15,000 miles around the US and Canada visiting friends and colleagues I have known through my online work.
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog As I drive around the country, I spend a lot of time behind the wheel trying to make guesses at what is worth stopping to see. I cannot pick everything, else I would not get anywhere, and there is a certain amount of blind luck […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Number of days on the road: 28 Miles Driven: 3300 Number of States driven in: 6 Money spent on gas: $594.70 Photos posted: 731 (that is an average of 26 per day) ds106 Mile marker Photos: 2 (Idaho and Washington) Number of nights in hotels: […]
Tomorrow marks the 4 week mark for this Road Odyssey, which is about 1/4 the time I thought I’d travel (but that is not firm). I’ll cross the 3000 mile point in the morning, somewhere in north Central Washington State. On the map, I won’t make the quarter turn until first week of August, when […]
Here is another genuine character I met on the road recently. Going past the road to tiny Cottonwood, Idaho, a giant wooden beagle on the left caught my eye; how could I pass up the sign for Dog Bark Park? The big dog is actually a multi-story B&B- yes, you can arrange so spend a […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog This is Richard Dean, an affable and eager to share park guide I stumbled into in Arco, Idaho. I had just visited a rather interesting museum located on the property of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL)- the place where nuclear fission was used to runt […]
cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo shared by D’Arcy Norman My last tactical effort to solicit items for the StoryBox had a good number of reads and tweets– and I got nothing sent in. And in talking to some friends, I figured (once again, lather, rinse, repeat), I am doing it wrong. Asking […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Each week I provide a collection of useful statistics for my road trip… well, useful to me. Number of days on the road: 15 Miles Driven: 1568 Number of States driven in: 4 Money spent on gas: $371.23 (cheapest so far $3.49/gallon in Wyoming) Photos […]
I have had a tremendous time visiting with my cousins Lorrie and David at their home in Laramie. We call each other “cousins” though technically David is my Dad;s cousin, but whatever the term really is– “cousin” just works. It’s hard pressed to think of more lively, story-filled, warm people as these two, and their […]
cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo shared by SpreadTheMagic C’mon folks, I have been politely asking, nudging, nagging, and frankly, INTERNET YOU ARE LETTING ME DOWN on participating in my StoryBox Project. The imperial gloves are coming off, cause the excuses are poop. I’m out here on the road, going town to […]
I’m in Golden, Colorado for three days, doing work for a project needing photography of town and interviews with key city developers and citizens. It is a dynamic place full of active people, and the mountains around town provide more than nice rocks to look at; they do seem to be a key component of […]
