It’s hard to believe that almost three years have passed since we first began this blog (and our first year-long travel adventure). Although pretty much nothing has transpired on the site in the past two years, it is about to become active again. And since I never truly finished all of my posts from our last trip, I’m hoping to intersperse those occasionally with what we’re doing on this current trip.
This trip we are continuing with our “Odyssey” theme which brings to mind Tennyson, Homer, and even Joyce. But for a long time Steinbeck has been on my mind, especially his travel narratives. If anyone can speak for me right now in this time when my thoughts are scattered in a thousand different directions, it’s him. He always knows just what to say…
Chapter 1 Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck