Road Trip 2009: Part I - Intro

Ah, the American Dream. A strip of hot asphalt, smooth and dark like an ancient underground river penetrating the deepest nerves of our wanderlust psyche. The United States was built of this fiber, as you could say about much of the history of the world. To set to roll the thick, hard rubber tires to the silky road has long been a thread in the fabric of our dreams. There's always something new out there, over hill, or river, mountain, continent or ocean. By fortune or folly, we find our fresh DNA on the roads we've never seen before.

I've had a few road trips throughout my 20's, like many people have, but the first one of note was in 2009, with my new wife. This is where I'll light the fuse for the story of the most important journey of my life to date. And let me emphasize, "to date" - there's still plenty of road to burn, sunsets to earn and wayward morning wakings to learn.

I'll start by retelling this journey, by trip segment or any other timeline that the road requires. Maybe there'll be maps, definitely photos, perhaps some video and certainly some blurry memories and questionable antics.

We hit the road three days after our wedding, and spent three weeks on the road, damn near East coast to West coast and back, with only a home-built teardrop trailer and some dreams of drinking wine, sleeping in parking lots and seeing anything the road could roll out at our footsteps.

Eastern Colorado, Teardrop and Tara

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