The Journey
It all started
the evening of March 6, 2000. The SmartBeetle was christened, power systems were double-checked, the VickeryHill vests and postcards were loaded into the storage compartment and at 5:17p eastern, I left Warren, Vermont headed for the open road.
The basic plan was set. Run the open highway, log the journey as live as possible (with current cell phone data technology) to the web and meet/re-meet some people. Figure out the next 10 years in life and have a decent time doing it.
Oh, did I mention the phone bill was astronomical, I started dating my future wife, the Vermont house power was cut off, the pipes froze and I learned what karma really meant?