Traveling light in Truckee
May 14th, 1990. My journal records, “A bunch of us from the hostel jumped aboard the 2:45 pm bus at Flagstaff bound for Kingman and connections to the west. There was quite a few of us – 2 guys…
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Texas and the Sherrif
Wednesday, May 9th, 1990 After an uneventful overnight bus ride, I arrived in San Antonio, Texas. Apart from waking up for a while as we drove through Houston’s bright city lights, I had entered this famous state…
Santa Fe and the Grand Canyon
May 12th, 1990, Santa Fe The snowcapped Sangre de Cristo Mountains around Santa Fe are magnificent. The town is 7000 feet above sea level, with only a population of 50,000 in 1990 (86,000 today). Despite its size Santa Fe…
New Orleans and All That Jazz
My Journal from 30 years ago today reads, “May 5th, 1990, I caught the Greyhound bus at 7 am in Key West and headed toward New Orleans.” This joyous bus ride lasted a crazy 29 hours long door to…
Miami Deco and Key West Sunsets
May 6th, 1990. Arriving in Miami Beach Greyhound station at 5:55 am was undoubtedly better than arriving there at night. I was warned that it could be dangerous, so I took the ‘H’ bus straight to the…
Castles and Rockets
CASTLES AND ROCKETS May 3rd, 1990. The bus from D.C. to Orlando included 3 stops on my Greyhound route. Traveling alone usually means strangers end up talking to you! Obviously, this can be both good and bad. On the…
New York, New York
My journal from this day 30 years ago reads, “Landed safe at JFK, took a bus to Manhattan, went to the J.W.T. Office for Lucinda’s key and took a taxi (cab) to the flat. When I arrived I couldn’t…
30 Years Ago Today
30 years ago today, on April 18th, 1990, I set out on a world trip that changed my life forever. Just recently, my sweet mum found my journal I filled during my months of travelling, so I thought…
Washington DC to Orlando
April 29th, 1990, I sat on the Greyhound Bus from Port Authority, NY 7:00am to arrive in Washington D.C. at 12:45pm, and recorded, “New York was covered in a misty haze with only the tallest building poking through.…
Gophers & Insects
The kids found this little stick guy climbing up the walls yesterday. They kept him, and they let him wander around the house until they lost him. This morning while grabbing my jeans from the closet he reappeared! Yes,I screamed,…