Requiem for a Road Trip
5,012 miles. That's a lot of time to spend alone on the road. After a week of reflecting on the trip and catching up on sleep, it's finally time to close out this journey. Being home in Traverse City has been great. It simultaneously feels like I never left and that I've been gone for a year. The road trip was an amazing adventure and took me many places where I hadn't planned on going. I didn't meet too many people because of social distancing but I did meet a handful of interesting people and got to watch countless more experience the same wonders I did. It was really interesting to see how different states and cities handled the Coronavirus. Out west in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, etc. it seemed to be an afterthought. There weren't mandated rules for masks or distancing. I would say about half of the people were wearing masks and about half of the stores and restaurants required them. It would pretty much up to each establishment and individual to take it up...
