“You have to have a cheesesteak,” Marc says emphatically. His eyes widened with excitement, sparkling from the memory. We sat across from each other at the kitchen table, miles away from Philadelphia in his Detroit home. “You have to get it from Pat’s, that’s the only place you should go,” Read more…
It’s a small gas station nestled onto a mountain road, fluorescent lights buzz overhead. Rows of dusty candy and other road trip essentials arranged in neat lines on beige metal racks. Lottery tickets and cigarettes, a cacophony of color and plastic wrapping, create a wall behind then worn red counter. Read more…
It seems like a lifetime ago to me (so I’m sure it feels even longer to you!), but I wanted to take us back down memory lane for a brief moment to the mountains of New Mexico in my latest update about Route 66. As I mentioned a few weeks Read more…
Good morning from Las Cruces! It’s hard to believe that I started this week recap in Oklahoma, but it’s true! Sometimes the trip just seems to fly by and this is one of those weeks — but nevertheless, let’s take a trip down memory lane and look at some of Read more…
I’ve been having a BLAST crossing the country and tracing the old Route 66. There’ve been highs, lows and everything in between — but I’m grateful to be able to share these adventures with you. Want to catch up with where I’m at on the road? Today I’m writing to Read more…
As I mentioned in my update last week, I’m about to start heading west to tackle a new part of the country. To do so, it only made sense to traverse down a road that’s so ubiquitous in American culture it’s been deemed the “Mother Road.” That’s right. Starting this Read more…