posts primarily about routes and road trips
I like to think that my love of road trips and road maps began as a child when my grandparents would take my sister and myself to Michigan to visit our cousins over Memorial Day weekend. They picked us up after school on that Friday and we would drive as far west as the Cranberry … Continue reading Early routes
Labor Day weekend, 2021, was not the first time that Route 522 took me off my intended path. Red line showing US 522 in Pennsylvania This road travels in a North-South direction, from the Susquehanna Valley in Pennsylvania to Powhatan, VA, and it is one of many spurs of US 22. My first occasion traveling … Continue reading The Lure of Rt. 522
I needed a good title before I could start writing today, and after looking at a bunch of CDs for inspiration, I picked up Paul Westerberg's Eventually. It's playing now and felt like a good soundtrack to work to. It's been a while since my last post, but that doesn't mean I haven't been writing. … Continue reading Time Flies Tomorrow
For as long as I've known about it I have wanted to find Jacks Creek. Over the last several years it was nothing more than a sign on a bridge on route 322 in Central Pennsylvania. But the first time I noticed the sign I immediately wondered who Jack was and why he had a … Continue reading Finding Jacks Creek
I couldn't remember what song this line is from, and my first search was for the jam band Strangefolk before it occurred to me that it was by their inspiration, the Grateful Dead. In any case, this line from Terrapin Station perfectly captures my weekend. I've been busy with other pursuits and haven't had time … Continue reading “Inspiration, move me brightly”
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