100 Days
Today is my 100th consecutive day on the road. Prior to this, I also took a 3-week trip in November to Oregon and a 3-week trip in January to the desert south of Palm Springs.
The stats: 100 Days, 9 states, 4425 miles (plus driving around town).
The prettiest drive? Sedona to Monument Valley, Tuba City notwithstanding.
My favorite place? Taos, New Mexico. Gorgeous mountains, history, deep blue sky, quirky people and good food and coffee.
My least favorite place? El Campo, Texas. It looked like the beginning scenes of every serial killer movie, and had this weird racist sign thing on the approach to town.
Best food? Austin. The rest of America needs to do better.
Worst food? Somewhere in Arkansas.
Arkansas “burrito”
Place you’re dying to get back to? Memphis. I was only there overnight because of rain and flooding, and damn, that city has soul.
Scariest Bridge? Lord preserve me if I ever have to drive the Calcasieu in Lake Charles again. I mean, look at that thing.
Nicest People? Tennessee, hands down. Hope you have time to talk.
Highlights? Seeing my brother’s family in Kentucky, Monument Valley, White Sands, the nice people in Jackson, TN, Ojo Caliente, the Georgia O’Keeffe museum.
Lowlights? Knocking a hole in the roof of Gladis with a monsoon storm approaching. Thinking a tornado was going to get me in Texas.
Learned anything? Americans aren’t terrible people when you talk to them. Pretty much everyone is polite, even when they disagree with you.
How do you feel? Profoundly grateful for the opportunity.
Where to next? Off to see my brother-in-law Mike in Chicagoland.
| The Itinerary | Miles |
| Ventura to Coachella |
202 |
| Coachella to Yuma |
143 |
| Yuma to Quartzsite |
83 |
| Quartzsite to Tempe |
139 |
| Tempe to Sedona |
126 |
| Sedona to Tuba City |
107 |
| Tuba City to Monument Valley |
117 |
| Monument Valley to Albuquerque |
311 |
| Albuquerque to Santa Fe |
64 |
| Santa Fe to Taos |
70 |
| Taos to Ojo Caliente |
41 |
| Ojo Caliente to Santa Fe |
84 |
| Santa Fe to Belen |
96 |
| Belen to Alamagordo NM |
176 |
| Alamagordo to Fort Stockton, Texas |
319 |
| Fort Stockton to San Antonio |
312 |
| San Antonio to Austin |
80 |
| Austin to El Campo |
130 |
| El Campo to Lake Charles |
214 |
| Lake Charles to Lafayette |
74 |
| Lafayette to Shreveport |
213 |
| Shreveport to Hope AR |
103 |
| Hope to Hot Springs |
79 |
| Hot Springs to Memphis TN |
188 |
| Memphis to Jackson TN |
87 |
| Jackson to Dickson |
93 |
| Dickson to London KY |
244 |
| London to Barbourville |
26 |
| Barbourville to Cave City |
144 |
| Cave City to Shepherdsville KY |
67 |
| Shepherdsville to Elkhart IN |
293 |
| Total |
4425 |
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Suebob's Red Stapler 
Wow, I’m certainly vicariously traveling along with you. (I promise not to take up much room)
Travel on, Suebob, and your trusty Rocinante Gladis! Loving the adventure.
This thing has 3 beds. Come on down. I do snore though.
Congratulations on 100 days! And thank you so much for blogging along the way! It’s fun to keep up with your adventures.
If that burrito, nay “burrito” pic is any indicator then yes, worse food.
If I ate barbecue, I’m sure my culinary trip would be so much more interesting.
Thank you for reading.
Hey there, Suebob, I am impressed with your travels. What type of work do you that allows you to work full time while traveling? Very interested in possibility of that.
I am very lucky that my corporate communications job allows me to work from home, which in my case = work from anywhere with a strong cell signal. It only required 14 years of graphics, a journalism degree, 7 years of journalism and 5 years of proposal writing.
This is amazing and I’ve loved following along so far. Can’t wait to see where the adventure takes you next!