Day 57-60: Bloomington & Home Again

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Looking back, I consider my final stop in Bloomington, IN a necessary transition between the constant movement and work of the summer back into being home. I didn’t work, was functionally out of money, and did quite little while in … Continued

The Other Washington

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As I mentioned in an earlier post, I meant to skip right past Washington D.C. altogether. Instead, I spent a little less than a day there interviewing tourists (I’ll post that next) and wandering around snapping photos as a tourist … Continued

47-51: Baltimore, MD

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Throughout this trip, friends of friends or long-distance friends had stepped up for me time and again. In Baltimore, I had been set up with friends of my dear Spokane friend, and bad-ass activist in her own right, Celia. Rosemary … Continued

Days 43-46: Philadelphia

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The train ride from New York to Philadelphia is short and filled with regular commuters and a smattering of tourists. I probably looked somewhere in between, tapping away on my laptop purposefully, but given away by my giant backpack and … Continued

Day 34: Montreal

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My strategy was sound. By taking a late bus from Toronto, I’d spend the night in transit instead of arriving very late at a stranger’s house again and arrive in Montreal at around 5:00 AM, just before the subway starts … Continued

Days 32-33: Toronto, ON

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I arrived in Toronto quite late on the bus from Detroit after another uneventful border crossing. When crossing on the bus, everyone takes their possessions from inside the bus and lines up to go through customs, one bus load at … Continued