After spending the night in the back of my rental car at a Montana rest area, I awoke to this... I sauntered over to the rest area Men's room and gave myself a quick shower of baby wipes and Mitchum deodorant. I have some incentive to minimize the offensiveness of my aroma as later tonight …
Author: Nick Vitale
Nick Vitale is a white male millenial from Wisconsin who dabbles in short stories and screenwriting while drifting from one barista job to another. This is his first attempt at a blog.
GOTH 2018 Part III: I Found a Hunting Knife in a Women’s Restroom
Starting Point: Madison, WI Ending Point: Hot Springs, SD Miles: 827 Approximate Driving Hours: 13 In spite of all the butterflies I had in my stomach last night I still managed to bang out a reasonable 4 hours of sleep. I resisted the urge to get coffee for as long as I could possibly …
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GOTH 2018 Part II: The Night Before a.k.a. What the Hell am I doing?
It's 10:15 PM as I write this. I'm due to leave around 5 AM tomorrow morning. I'm tired and slightly tipsy and my room is a total mess. God, this is going to be one hell of a shitshow... In last year's "Ghost on the Highway" I did a similar "night before" post, focusing on …
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GOTH 2018 Part I: Return of the Ghost
“Hello my ghost, I’m here, I’m home I hope you know about the long lazy road Behold, the stone it gleams like gold Out of control the beasts unknown and untold” -from the song “Build Voice” by Dan Deacon I started with an epigram because frankly, I don’t know where else to start. I don’t …
Epilogue: Bringing It All Back Home
46 days. 23 states. Nearly 9,000 miles. And now here I am, sipping coffee on a cool September morning in the house I grew up in, wondering whether it was all just a dream. A hundred years ago the vast majority of Americans never ventured within 20 miles of their birthplace. These people were probably …
Give me a Sign: Cincinnati and Indiana
It's almost over, ghostlings! Within a couple days I'll be back in my hometown of Madison, WI. Driving through the Midwestern landscapes of Ohio and Indiana - as the rugged hills gave way to flat stretches of farmland - I already began to feel a bit more at home. Before I share my thoughts on …
Grittsburgh: Searching for Soul in the Steel City
When I first planned the Ghost on the Highway Tour, I hadn't even though to include Pittsburgh in my itinerary. It came about late in the game, as I decided to take it slow driving back West from Baltimore. But stopping there was one of the best decisions I've made on the trip. I thoroughly …
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Ghosting Coal Country: West Virginia and Pittsburgh
Hello, ghostlings! How are you holding up? I myself am holed up in an artsy little coffee shop in Pittsburgh's Polish Hill, where a pair of mock brass steer horns hangs from an exposed brick wall. One of the horns is hosting a spool of gold-brown yarn that runs a string through an array of …
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Baltimore: Walking Through the Garden
Once more I am happy to begin this post with a shout-out, this time to my friend Jess who (along with her fiancee Paul) hosted me for two splendiferous days in their suburban Baltimore apartment. Jess is a blogger herself, but unlike me she actually knows what she's doing and offers well written, aesthetically pleasing …
Chesapeake-a-boo; or Taking the Scenic Route to D.C.
"This is the only road to Chinctoteague... and Jesus is the only road to Heaven." So read a sign poking out of the marshy waters of Chincoteague Road. They were right, at least as far as the road is concerned. There was just one narrow road to Chincoteague Island, just as there was one long …
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Ghost on the Highway 