The other day Sumeet asked me what my theme for the road trip was going to be. I didn't have a ready answer other than to say: "premature midlife crisis getaway."
For a while now, I have been thinking about some overarching theme for the trip. It really boils down to two purposes: reconnecting with old friends and family, and documenting (via camera, but I won't rule out writing either) the trip overall.
The reconnection is a bit overdue. It's been over 8 years since I spent more than a few nights on the east coast, trying to catch up with everyone at an all or nothing dinner and drinks at some restaurant or bar.
The documentation part is a bit newer. I'd like to get more involved with my photography to take it to a level above experienced amateur. Hopefully I can get to know my new camera better, and train its eye on new things I'll see and hopefully look at the familiar in a new way. Nothing really original about any of that. So it goes.
I was thinking I could document the dark underbelly of America as I travel from state to state, but that's been done too many times for it to shed any new light, especially given the relatively short time I'll be spending in each place. Maybe I should capture the light overbelly of America, that soft top of the beer gut where you can rest your can of beer while watching the teevee.
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I once drove from NJ to OR with a friend (pre 9-11) and our theme was "conspiracy." We stopped at the JFK museam and the Roswell visitors center and talked about scandalous cause celebres over time. True.
Hey, I'm passing through Roswell tomorrow, on my way to Austin!
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