Dear Faithful Blog Readers and Writers,

"I've been everywhere, man. I've been everywhere. I breathe the mountain air, man. I've been everywhere." - Johnny Cash

I have just returned from a cross country road trip. Well, "just", meaning that I took two weeks off and returned very late in the evening last Thursday. The purpose of the trip was to have fun, enjoy a vacation, and not to blog. Of course, I can't seem to do anything these days without thinking of how I can relate it to the blog. So I brought my laptop along for the ride and wrote about every state that we drove through. At times, I was eager to write. At other times, I wasn't.

For whatever it's worth, I'm going to be relating my journey through this great land of ours to you over the next couple of weeks. As always, feel free to join in and comment on anything, whether you agree or disagree. Whether you've been to these not-so-distant states or whether you've always wanted to go. Maybe you live very near to a place where I've been. Heck, maybe you saw me driving through your town! That'd be weird. At any rate, I'll start posting about my travels tonight. My hope is that, at the times where I am less inclined to discuss literary topics, others will jump in. It's a pretty big country, to say the least. What will follow here is merely my speedy ramble through it.

- Bry