**** I set off from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in July 2011...and ended up in Aspen, Colorado, in February 2012. Along the way, I visited 28 states, three countries, dozens of national parks, hundreds of cities and towns, and countless friends and strangers. How? I lost my job of seven years when Berkshire Living, the beloved regional magazine I helped launch, succumbed to a fragile economy. Then my apartment building burned down while I was on vacation in Miami. Add to this one stolen bicycle, a freak sprained ankle, and, of course, a breakup. Wouldn't you hit the road, too? Behold: a virtual scrapbook of anecdotes and eye candy from a freewheeling, cross-country, cross-cultural odyssey--past, present, and future.amandaraewashere@gmail.com
![I’m sitting in a coffeeshop in Sedona, minding my own business and furiously click-clacking away on my laptop, when an older guy sits down at the table to split a bran muffin with his wife. When I pause to look up, he turns to me.
“Are you writing a book?” he asks.
“Not right this minute,” I reply, sort of caught off guard, “but maybe soon.”
“About your travels?”
“Yeah, actually. How can you tell?”
We talked about the Grand Canyon for a moment, and then I went back to my work.
Twenty minutes later, the couple gets up to leave, and the guy places this napkin on my keyboard.
“Enjoy Arizona,” he said. “It’s a special place.”
[Sedona, Arizona, January 22, 2012]](http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly9tavuL6g1qloi1ho1_500.jpg)
I’m sitting in a coffeeshop in Sedona, minding my own business and furiously click-clacking away on my laptop, when an older guy sits down at the table to split a bran muffin with his wife. When I pause to look up, he turns to me.
“Are you writing a book?” he asks.
“Not right this minute,” I reply, sort of caught off guard, “but maybe soon.”
“About your travels?”
“Yeah, actually. How can you tell?”
We talked about the Grand Canyon for a moment, and then I went back to my work.
Twenty minutes later, the couple gets up to leave, and the guy places this napkin on my keyboard.
“Enjoy Arizona,” he said. “It’s a special place.”
[Sedona, Arizona, January 22, 2012]
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Oh to be able to do this without reference material. Jealous of the man.
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I can only hope that I’m this old guy some day.
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beautiful. arizona really is such a magical place.
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