Some of you (such as Alert Reader Detlef K.) have come across articles and news stories about the 120th anniversary of the cross-country automobile road trip. For those of you who haven’t, I am providing this link to a great story in “Big Think.” It was a big deal, as it took Horatio Jackson 63 days to make the trip along (mainly) dirt roads with a mechanic and a dog. It was a big deal at the time. Now, most of my coast-to-coast road trips have taken more like a week. (Once I did it in a little more than three days….but I was on the lam at the time…) But in 1903, 63 days was lightning fast, considering there were no gas stations, no AAA, no signage, and precious little pavement.

I’m seriously thinking of re-tracing Horatio’s route. Somebody talk me out of this…