Housekeeping

Housekeeping

Just now, I realized that I have left out lots of administrative and explanatory items from the description of this here blog.  

January 06:
My father, in Seattle, graciously lent me his motorhome/ van (see pic earlier) to use for the Spring semester of my graduate studies in Psychology at the University of West Georgia.  I sledded and drove it home in 7 days.  I say sledded because I stupidly went East over the mountains in an attempt to save on gas and did a 360 on a sheet of ice disguised as a road in Idaho.  There are now matching front and back dents- how cute.  This is the 3rd car of his I’ve crashed, come to think of it.  Sorry Pa.  

Now 06:
Dad wants his rig back, so I’m making the return trip home, this time a bit more circuitously.  I’ll be avoiding strict planning, instead relying mostly on the insights of locals as my compass.  

So far, I’ve hit Atlanta, GA, Athens GA, and spent a couple days heading through the mountains on the way to Asheville, NC.  After that, it’s to Tennesse for Bonarroo music festival, and then Nashville.  After that, I’m open to suggestions.  

My original plan was to interview people for a potential ‘research’ project, but I feel myself being unable to do this.  I don’t want to approach the road with an ‘agenda’.  I feel humble and open to its teachings.