Adventures with Liz

Travels with Persephone

I would just like to say that this is by far the most insane thing I've ever done. I like plans and I hate being alone, but for some reason I decided that it was a great idea to pack up my car and drive solo across the country and back. This is a trip based entirely on spontaneity and solitude. But I really think I need it. I need to do something big, something a little crazy, to mark the end of my old life and the beginning of my new life. This is the perfect opportunity to reflect on who I was and figure out who I am. It's a chance to get over whatever baggage I'm still hanging on to and get ready for what lies ahead. I'm a little nervous, but very excited.

My route starts in Cleveland, Ohio, and snakes across the country to California, up the Pacific Coast, and back. I'll be starting out in a caravan with a good friend of mine, Danny. So for the first few days I won't be entirely alone. But I'll leave him in New Mexico and venture out on my own. When Steinbeck made this trip, he had a truck-turned-mobile-home and a dog named Charley. I have a Pontiac G6 and a plastic penguin named Persephone. I feel like he was a little better off. But I have great friends to stay with most nights on my route, so I'm not too worried.

Well, it's much later than I planned, so this is short. Better posts for the rest of the trip, I promise!

posted by Liz @ 12:11 AM