So it is at this point that we had decided to dramatically scale back our grandiose scheme to travel all the way up the coast to Seattle. The trip to Los Angeles had taken more out of us than we realized, and we were going to be able to spend so little time in some … Continue reading
After driving for so long through such desolation, it was a shocking change to arrive on the outskirts of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area and drive (very slowly) through an urban landscape so vast. Los Angeles’s size is almost as intimidating as its traffic, which is NOT exaggerated. Traffic in LA is awful even when … Continue reading
So I am sitting in a comfortable apartment overlooking the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, but today’s post is all about Arizona. Arizona is a state loosely affiliated with the United States of America. I say “loosely,” because they have done their best over the last few years to exempt themselves from every … Continue reading
I report now from a much nicer Baymont Inn near the heart of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It has a roof and everything! It is also right next to I-40, which brings to mind that old Blues Brothers quote about the train going by so often you won’t even notice it. Day Two of the road … Continue reading
If you are ever looking for an apparently-vacant downtown area to shoot your next zombie thriller in, look no further than Oklahoma’s state capital, Oklahoma City! I report to you from this brightly-lit ghost town after a day’s worth of driving and sweating through the Midwest’s patented 95-degree weather with 95% humidity. I report to … Continue reading
It is the story that a blog named “Rhoades to Madness” seemed destined to tell…and now it will. My girlfriend and I are leaving on a three-week road trip through the American west. We will travel down Historic Route 66, up the coastal highways, and camp in the shadow of Mount Rushmore. And whenever I … Continue reading
Yes, yes, I have done this before. No, no, there’s nothing to stop me from doing it again. Continue reading
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