**** 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. Why? Why not? In fact, I lost my job of seven years when Berkshire Living, the regional magazine I helped launch, folded. Then my apartment building burned down while I was in Miami for the weekend. A breakup and a stolen bicycle figured in shortly thereafter. Wouldn't you hit the road, too? Enjoy my virtual scrapbook of anecdotes and eye candy from a freewheeling, cross-country, cross-cultural odyssey--past, present, and future.Amanda Rae Busch
amandaraewashere@gmail.com
![Time to get organized. (I miss having an office!)
[Tijuana, B.C., Mexico, December 15, 2011]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwa21fJ4xJ1qloi1ho1_1280.jpg)
Time to get organized. (I miss having an office!)
[Tijuana, B.C., Mexico, December 15, 2011]
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