Wandering Under the Big Blue Sky From San Francisco to Pittsburgh

I know this has taken me longer to write than I would've liked, but this is the log of how I made my way from San Francisco to Pittsburgh, trying to see as much as possible along the way. I made the trip with only a rough plan about what I wanted to see and a couple of fixed dates (like being in Denver for the Rockies' game on Aug 12). I wanted to be flexible to see things that might pique my interest along the way.

The entire trip took 15 days and was way too short. The country is just too big with too much to see in order to be satisfied with a whirlwind tour like this. But, it was fun and definitely worth it. The long solo hours of driving were filled with audiobooks that sometimes were pure entertainment, but other times, more illuminating. I have to say, that along the trip, I learned a lot about the European renaissance, the events around 9/11 (both from the 9/11 Commission Report and Al Gore's Assault on Reason) and about Italian cooking. By the way, for any foodie out there, Bill Buford's Heat is an excellent book.

The log itself was actually written up over a month after the trip, but I've backdated all the entries to be from the day they happened on. I hope you enjoy my chronicle and observations along the way, but realistically, I don't expect you to read all of it. Even though technically I'm broadcasting this to the whole world, I think it's ridiculous that people will care about all minutiae of each other's lives so it's not the point of this log. The point is to write down my thoughts so that I can look back later and remember. Of course, if you enjoy them, great!