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Tallahassee or Bust! Kicking Off My 20-Cities-in-20-Days “Road Trip USA” Adventure

Road Trip Logo“Tallahassee: It’s Florida with a southern accent.” “Tallahassee: It’s Georgia with a Florida zip code.” These lines came out as I was giving an interview to promote my March 22 talk in Tallahassee — one of 20 talks I’ll be giving in 20 different cities as I drive from Seattle to Florida starting tomorrow. And it’s quirky little insights like these that I’ll be sopping up with the greasy road food all along the way. Starting tomorrow, I’ll be sharing 5,700 miles of thrills, spills, gut bombs, and eurekas daily via my blog.

I’ve got three or four different talks I’ll be giving, depending on the event. I’ve asked my hosts to give me quick little tours of their towns each day after checking into my hotel. Two tour guides from our office will be my drivers, roadies, and lobby travel consultants: Keith will drive from Seattle to Omaha, where Matt relieves him for the drive from Omaha to Florida.

I’ll be set up in the back seat of my big, gas-guzzling American car with an Internet connection to stay in touch with my office, where Ashley Sytsma, my talented publicist who set up the tour, is manning our command center for this complicated journey.

If I’m passing through your town, I hope we’ll meet — sign up for a talk. And even if I’m not, I’d love to have your company in spirit through this blog.

Happy American travels!

 

 

 

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4 Replies to “Tallahassee or Bust! Kicking Off My 20-Cities-in-20-Days “Road Trip USA” Adventure”

  1. I am sorry that you are not going any where near where I live, but I love your out there spunkyness!!! Just go with it, bad food!!! Gas hog American car!!! In light of the absolute insanity that is going on in this country right now, this really is a breath of fresh air! Cannot wait to hear your adventure!

  2. More people should make this type driving trip. Two years ago we did it from coast to coast through the southern tier and back through The Middle. This summer we will go across the northern tier through Canada to Vancouver and back through the Dakotas. It was easy driving compared to Europe and by hitting small towns along the way we became reacquainted with some of the nicest people in North America including visitors from other countries. It was also a pleasure to go nowhere airports and airplanes and to not wake up in east jibib jet lagged and
    on the alert for pickpockets.

  3. I was so excited when I heard you were going to be visiting Tallahassee. I grew up there and still live in the area. However, the day you arrive I will be on a plane to Paris. Hate I will miss hearing you speak, but I am super excited to be going back to Paris.

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