USA heartland

xoxoxoBruce · 08-31-2013, 02:51 PM

A good story of a New Yorker getting edumacated about the heartland of America, one state at a time.

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I suspected that spending most of my adult days in New York City and the rest largely outside the country had left significant gaps in my knowledge of America, not to mention unfair biases about the 10 heartland states I would be visiting, many of which I had never set foot in before.

My suspicion turned out to be true.

Flint · 08-31-2013, 04:41 PM

I drove 2,000 miles from Texas to Oregon in a truck that only had an AM/FM radio.

There was a huuuge stretch of coverage by High Plains Public Radio.

They had so many call letters, and even more repeaters.

Griff · 09-01-2013, 08:12 PM

We found a lost mtn biker from NYC on the trail today. My buddy takes the dudes map to show him where he is and you could just see the city boy nonsense go through his head, like we'd steal his map er something. Silly New Yawkers living in their weird little bubble. I should have hummed a few bars of Dueling Banjos...

Sundae · 09-02-2013, 06:51 AM

I'm going to set aside some proper time to rad this.
It's the kind of journey which fascinates me.

Thank you.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-02-2013, 11:12 AM

On the left side of the first page at the link, there are links to a whole series of frugal road trips through the US.

08-31-2013, 04:41 PM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I drove 2,000 miles from Texas to Oregon in a truck that only had an AM/FM radio. There was a huuuge stretch of coverage by High Plains Public Radio. They had so many call letters, and even more repeaters. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-01-2013, 08:12 PM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	We found a lost mtn biker from NYC on the trail today. My buddy takes the dudes map to show him where he is and you could just see the city boy nonsense go through his head, like we'd steal his map er something. Silly New Yawkers living in their weird little bubble. I should have hummed a few bars of Dueling Banjos... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-02-2013, 06:51 AM	#4
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I'm going to set aside some proper time to rad this. It's the kind of journey which fascinates me. Thank you. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

09-02-2013, 11:12 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	On the left side of the first page at the link, there are links to a whole series of frugal road trips through the US. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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