Tuesday, October 18, 2005
"Blue Highways"

I'm reading this book by William Least Heat-Moon that speaks to the reasons why people hit the open road...to escape from something at home, for pure discovery or ?... If you are visual, appreciate fine details, and are curious about the way other people live, eat, talk and think and are stimulated by new words and thought-provoking circumstances, then you will find this a very good read. I'm intrigued because Jon and I went on a parallel journey, but further north and using the greater freeways. Most of all, I'm amazed we have driven 4600 miles. Here's how it went:
Wed 9/28: depart HNL 9:15pm
Thu 9/29: arrive LAX 5:40am
drove to Grand Junction, CO (808 miles)
Fri 9/30: drove to Kearney, NE (626 miles)
Sat 10/01: drove to Iowa City, IA (370 miles)
Wed 10/05: drove to Chicago, IL (224 miles)
Thu-Sat 10/6-8 ACP Medical Conference at Wyndham Chicago
Sat 10/08: drove to Morton Grove, IL (17 miles)
Mon 10/10: drove to Sioux Falls, SD (580 miles)
Tue 10/11: drove to Cheyenne, WY (670 miles)
Wed 10/12: drove to Billings, MT (453 miles)
Thu 10/13: drove to Coeur d'Alene, ID (524 miles)
Fri 10/14: drove to Seattle, WA (311 miles)
Tue 10/18: depart SEA-TAC 7:30am
arrive SLC 10:30am
depart SLC 11:25am
arrive HNL 2 pm ..and went to work!