ROADTRIP!

Hey All,

The time is close at hand for me to be flying off in my little white ford escort for three months of exploring the United states. 

This will be my trip blog for keeping you all updated on my findings and encounters with the world.

I have three main goals to the expedition:

1. Research the United States Hosteling system.  Interview hostel owners and try to gleen from their business plans what has succeeded and what needs improvement; in order to form/inform my own business plan.

2. To visit my far flung friends; because there's nothing quite like seeing someone in the element where they live.  So Ariel in Winter Park, FL, Meghan and Erik in L.A., CA; Megan, Jill, Amy and Tim in Denver, CO; Colin in Bend, OR; Ashley in Tempe, AZ; Aubrey in Flagstaff, AZ; Emma and Family in Seattle, WA; Meaghan, George and Eva in Portland, OR; Marika in Toronto; ADD TO MY LIST!!!!  I'm planning on posting my maps as I go, if I get close to you, or someone you know who I should meet: Let me know!

3. To see our amazing expansive country!  I met so many world travelers this year in Central America who had been places in the U.S. that I hadn't and it made me think that I better get my act together and see more of what my own country has to offer. 

Mission: to make the world expand and shrink all at once.