Requirements When I first began planning this trip, I had to figure out where I was going to live for 92 days on the road. After much thought, a hard look at my finances, and a lot of daydreaming, I finally nailed down these requirements: Small enough to tow it with my existing crossover SUV. This meant a single axle trailer made of aluminum or fiberglass. A toilet so I didn’t have to leave the trailer for nighttime bathroom trips. A shower was optional: a toilet was for secu

Route Planning All great journeys start with a map. I wanted to loosely follow John Steinbeck's route from Sag Harbour, NY, but he gives very little guidance for the majority of the trip. There was no way to duplicate the route from the book alone, but I wanted general guidelines to follow. Since data always becomes much clearer once made visual, I opted to create a map. Warning: from here out, this blog entry gets pretty technical and map-geeky. Scroll to the bottom to see