Roadtrip: Introduction

Sixteen days.
Ten thousand miles.
Two thousand dollars.
30 States.
One adventure of a lifetime.

Welcome to the chronicles of my attempt at an epic roadtrip across the United States of America! I'm a student at the University of Kent, in Canterbury, England, and have been living in the San Francisco Bay Area since July 2005, working an internship. I have to go back to the UK by the 10th August (my visa expires!), and I have a 5 day conference in Ft Wayne, Indiana to attend on August 4th, so I decided to try and drive to Indiana... via Florida and New York! Not only that, I'm also going to try and hit 30 states along the way!

I'm starting off by heading down the Californian coast to San Diego, then heading East through Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Upon reaching Florida, I'll head up through Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Philadelphia and New York. After that, I'll spend the rest of the time in the North East before driving to Indiana. After my conference, I'll be selling my car and flying home!

For those interested in the car I'm driving, it's a 1985 BMW 325e, and her name is Olga. Here's a picture of the two of us.

Keep an eye on this page, as I'll be updating it with my travels over the next 16 days, including photos of things I see along the way!


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