Well, for those folks who’ve had a passing interest in this long thunk about project
… IT’s ON!
When informed of the duration I’d be away the boss went a deathly shade of pale but he has acquiesced. The flights are booked and the car is booked. I guess there is a remote possibility that the US State department might deny my visa in taking a dim view of my social media profile, there being any number of dodgy characters on the SDMB.
Fly into LAX mid June, fly out of LAX mid August, in between taking 60 days doing a lap of the Lower 48.
I’m going to take a left turn at Albuquerque. If the GPS works I’ll drive down Copperhead Road. I’m driving the Pacific coast. I’m not going to Vegas or Rushmore. Even making the Niagara-Detroit leg down the polite side of Lake Erie. Plenty of cruising to a plan, but there is still some flexibility.
So if there is anybody in Doper world who’d like to spruik some things to entertain an Aussie as they pass through, I’m all ears. As a colleague remarked, there’s a non-zero chance I could get shot for a parking violation, so advice on things not to do would be appreciated as well. And the whole tipping economy thing 'cause I have just the barest clue.
I guess if the planets aligned this could devolve into the longest and most self-indulgent dopefest in history. Elsewise I’ll just beetle around on my Todd Malone and have a ball doing it. 