After all the personal emotions associated with my visit to Seattle, it was kinda nice to deal with somebody else’s drama. Beautiful Spokane Falls I came into Spokane at around 10 PM on Saturday night. I was staying with my late mother’s friend Lydia (we always called her “Auntie”) who lives there, except we couldn’t …
Continue reading GOTH 2023 Part XIV: Spokane, The Other Inland Empire
[Days/Destination/Miles etc.: Honestly guys, I’ve kinda lost track of this shit. After three weeks on the road my sense of time is distorted as well as the discipline to remember to check my odometer each morning. All I can say is that I spent 3 days in the Seattle area and I did a shit …
Continue reading GOTH Part XIII: A Rambling and Convoluted Love Letter to Seattle
I’ve been in Seattle for about a day and a half now (well, technically Puyallup, which is an hour South, but more on that later). It’s a rainy morning and I don’t feel like doing a ton of walking today, so I thought I’d hang out at this cozy little Fremont café and write about …
Continue reading GOTH 2023 PART XII: Some Thoughts on Motels
Days 14-16 Starting Point: Sonoma, CA Destination: Bend, OR Miles Driven: 467 Tumalo Falls near Bend, OR Things are getting a bit loose at Ghost on the Highway headquarters. I’ve reached a leg of the tour that I didn’t plan for at the beginning. I’ve been keeping things deliberately loose; planning only a week or …
Continue reading GOTH 2023 PART XI: Bend Makes Great Beer But Doesn’t Know How TO Drink It
Day 13 Starting/Ending Point: Sonoma, CA Miles Driven: 0 Yes I know the title of this post is obnoxious. No I don't care. The last time I visited Patrick was five years ago. At that point he was living in Oakland, sharing a large, ancient house with 10 roommates and paying an extortionate rent for …
Continue reading GOTH 2023 Part X: Nothing to Wine About in Sonoma, CA
Day 12 Starting Point: West Hollywood, CA Destination: Sonoma, CA Miles Driven: 451 Here’s a random thought: perhaps the spiritual health of a society can be measured by the cleanliness and accessibility of its restrooms. In the smaller and more congenial towns of the Midwest most cafes, restaurants or gas stations will let you walk …
Days 8-11 Starting Point/Destination: West Hollywood, CA Miles Driven: [negligible, my friend Peter was nice enough to taxi me through most of my L.A. adventures] I was hanging at a hookah lounge on Sunset Boulevard with Peter and Alex. At some point the nature of my project came up and Alex asked me (without judgment, …
Continue reading GOTH 2023 Part VIII: The Beautiful Cloudy Skies of L.A.
Day 7 Starting Point: Winslow, AZ Destination: West Hollywood, CA Miles Driven: 582 I'd had a long day and I hate the freaking Eagles, but nonetheless I found myself in Winslow, Arizona so naturally I had to do "The Corner." Winslow is a sleepy former railroad town along the old Route 66 that became suddenly …
Continue reading GOTH 2023 PART VII: Corners, Craters, and Kyuss
Day 6 Starting Point: Bernalillo, NM Destination: Winslow, AZ Miles Driven: 312 I'll try to keep this one short and sweet. Today was a fun and easy day. Only a 4-hour drive between where I started and where I'm staying. The bulk of my day was spent at Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park. From what …
Continue reading GOTH 2023 PART VI: They’re Rocks, but They Look Like Trees
Days 4 & 5 Starting/Ending Point: Bernalillo, New Mexico Miles Driven: 61 Somewhere in Placitas After the long drive from Omaha, it was gratifying to spend two relatively chill days in Bernalillo)) (a small town North of Albuquerque). I didn't even bother going into Albuquerque proper. It's a wonderful city - one I've visited several …
Continue reading GOTH PART V: Embrace Your Loved Ones and Wolf Dogs Before Civilization Collapses
Ghost on the Highway 