Travels with G : Road Trip Diaries Across the USA

This is my story of a once in a lifetime trip. It gives a feel for what America is really like after the tumultuous years of President Trump and the Covid pandemic. After years of planning, the adventure can finally start. This is a story of two ordinary Brits on a road trip, coast to coast, across the USA. I go on this journey with G, my wife of 30 years, Ginette. The book is about travelling across the continental USA and includes routes taken and places we visited, but it is also about our own personal situation leading up to the trip. I've taken inspiration from "Travels with Charley" by John Steinbeck, a favourite of mine. The story covers our travels from the east coast starting in Washington DC, across to Nashville & Memphis, north following the Mississippi River to St Louis, through Kansas taking the loneliest road to Denver, up through Yellowstone National Park and then the long stretch across to Portland, Oregon, down the Pacific Coast Highway to our final destination, Huntington Beach, California. Travelling through 15 states, covering over 6,000 miles. My thoughts and reflections detailed as the trip unfolds. Along the way I mention people we meet, my own observations of life in America including how divided the country has become. We visit some incredible national parks, settle into long drives on roads that reach to the horizon, get held up by snow in Wyoming, stopped by the police and meet lots of interesting people. Along the way we stop at world famous attractions such as Graceland, home of The King, Elvis Presley. Some parts of this vast country seem to have hardly changed since the first emigrants arrived. While some of the cities and towns have seen better days. Some of the places we visit are beautiful, some are extremely dangerous. Emotional, exciting and sometimes shocking. See y'all down the road!