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June 25, 2006
Summer '06 Travel Begins
I'm writing today from the Jacksonville, FL airport which kindly provides free wifi for bored passengers like me. I figured this would be a good time to start my annual summer travel writing. Last year it was "Going West" - a drive across the northern US followed by a thorough exploration of California. Previously, in the summer of 2004, it was "Riding Around America" - an 8,000 mile train ride around the country.
This year's travels don't have a particular theme. Instead, they'll be a series of smaller trips with a bit of down time between each. Here's what I have planned so far.
1. I'm spending this week in St. Augustine, FL for a National Endowment for the Humanities seminar which focuses on the Spanish colonization of Florida. I just arrived in Jacksonville (via my first JetBlue flight which was very pleasant) and I'm waiting for my transportation to St. Augustine to pick me up.
2. One week from today I fly to Minnesota and then drive down to Iowa for a family reunion. After the reunion, during the week of Independence Day, I'll be doing a little road trip through SD, ND and Canada (most likely).
3. Back to New York for the Siren Festival and a wedding.
4. A week in Oxnard, CA dog-sitting.
5. A train ride from Los Angeles to Kansas City and St. Louis to see some baseball. The ride will culminate in three days of live music at Lollapalooza in Chicago.
That's everything for now but hopefully I'll have some money left over to do some additional travel in August. It's an ambitious itinerary and I'll be writing about all of it here so bookmark this page or subscribe to the RSS feed and feel free to contact me if you have any ideas about things I should see during my travels.
Posted on June 25, 2006 at 12:48 PM
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