In 2011 I traveled 15,000 miles around the US and Canada visiting friends and colleagues I have known through my online work.
Holy retro, Batman! I am sending analog postcards! Those things with short, hand written, possibly tweet-length sentiments (sans hashtags) with a real photo attached, not a twitpic link. Doing this while traveling took me back in time to growing up and getting postcards from Cousin Bobby. I was not (and still not) clear on whose […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Number of days on the road: 7 Miles Driven: 953 Number of States driven in: 3 Money Spent on gas: $228.11 Photos posted: 220 Money Spent on Hotels: $0 ($15 for camping does not count) Friend Homes Visited: 3 Number of new dogs met: 9 […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog It’s more fluffy than running with the bulls. The last few days I have enjoyed a relaxing times at my friend’s Ken and Oggie’s farm in Paonio Colorado- they have an amazing story themselves in how they are devoted to their flock of rare Black […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog I am still based on my friend’s place in Paonia, Colorado, but took today as a day trip on the scenic West Elk bypass- the first part was most glorious, a sometimes rough gravel road that climbed through aspen forests, crossed Kebler pass, and dumped […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Just a quick post, cause there is stuff to see today. I’ve been out on the road 3 days now, and am feeling that separation from the life I knew so well before, disappearing into the clouds of not knowing what comes next. I described […]
cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo shared by Lady Pain (Marta Manso) After putting out the idea for the plan three months ago, tomorrow is the day my odyssey starts. After all this talk, and planning, and buying shit, and putting shit into boxes (some are boxes that stay others are ones […]
Recently “on The Twitter”, Scott Leslie rightfully chided me because my web page describing the concept for the StoryBox was long — Don’t apologize Scott, I like you because you say it like it is, cause you carry the card. My response was, :”it’s a first draft!” but I had been trying to do something […]
cc licensed ( BY SD ) flickr photo shared by qthomasbower I’m starting a countdown for the start of my Road Odyssey, and today is 7 days out. I doubt anyone cares to read the minutiae navel gazing as I ramp up (or down) to this, but hey, I am writing for ME, ME, and […]
I just created a new page to explain and invite participating in the StoryBoax/PirateBox idea sketched out earlier — you can see the info at the project’s new home http://cogdogblog.com/storybox/. it has instructions there on how you can contribute to the project via a dropbox site, just in case I do not cross paths with […]
cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo shared by dinstereo With returning from Nelson for what my California speaking friends would call “beautifully trippy” time, I am coming to grips soon with next steps in my journey, leading to a departure June 23 for my Road Trip Odyssey. The last few weeks have […]
