Getting Ready for the Adventure

Well, three days to go before the insanity begins, I felt that I should explain exactly what this blog is all about.

1: Why go to LA?
For the past year I have been struggling to get a job offer to work for the MPAA. About two months ago, the offer finally came in. This job entails working in LA for two-months on anti-piracy.
Unfortunately, two months is a pretty short amount of time to, find a place to stay in LA, find someone to house sit my current apartment, pack, and get the rest of my affairs in order.
Also, as it turns out, my current employer did not want to give me leave to undertake this opportunity. As such, part of the plans for this trip entail me packing up and leaving my current job (and with it the ensuing search for a new job when this summer is over).

2: How to get there?
When I told my friend Brian that I would be taking this job opportunity in LA, he saw this as a great chance to also utilize this trip to see the sights of the country. This turned into a 10 day excursion cross-country with stops in Chicago, Mt. Rushmore, the Badlands, Vegas and several others.

Friday May 18th: South Bend and Chicago, IL
Sunday May 20th: Badlands National Park, Wall, SD, Mt. Rushmore and Deadwood's Bullock Hotel and CasinoMonday May 21: Devil's Tower
Tuesday May 22: Yellowstone Lake, Mammoth Hot Springs, Tower Falls, Yellowstone
Wednesday May 23: Old Faithful, Tenton National Park
Friday May 25: Arches National Park
Saturday May 26: Vegas Baby, Vegas!!
Sunday May 27: Arrive Los Angeles, CA

3: Why blog about it?
It is true that I hate blogs. Why should I care about another person's quasi-introspective opinions about "why dogs are good," or "how stupid this kid in the cafeteria is"?
However, I am doing this for myself, as a virtual diary. this way, two years from now, I can return to this blog and remember all the neat interesting stuff I learned throughout this summer.

So here I am, 3 days to go. I can now check off "Set up Blog" from my To Do List. So expect to see more blogs throughout the summer.

Note: since I am going to be driving for two weeks, and through some of the most backwards places, I may not be able to get the internet access necessary to update this for a while.

Check back soon, and away we go!!
-Carl