tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59255706997525699882012-02-16T11:38:26.748-08:00We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.Where in the World is Emily Ann Headrick?http://www.blogger.com/profile/09187966331126647106noreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5925570699752569988.post-14572019237936038222009-08-24T18:35:00.000-07:002009-08-24T18:41:55.996-07:00

I know it has been a while since the trip across Anerica, but now it is time for a new adventure!A few days left, and I believe I have said goodbye to a ton of my friends and family. My new mission is now approaching. Can I do it? Can I trust and embark into the North? I don't know nor do I have any promises. All I can say is that I am getting on the verge of ready!!Just so everyone knows I will

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Coming home to Nashville was surprising to me. To be somewhere comfortable again is more than I can ask for. Now with a new outlook and eye I see many parts of it that I have previously looked over. Before we left I rarely considered Nashville’s identity besides music city. After traveling across America and studying the American identity I see that it says a lot more about our culture.

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1. Best showers at American University because there were plenty for all 8 girls.2. Worst showers were in Chicago because it took us all day to public transport to them. They also blew out heat during the summer. Also, at Cedar Springs because they were timed and it shut off when soap was in my hair.3. Best driver Rubin, no question. Great at advise (never get married) and drove us

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This is a warning. The following blog might be highly sentimental. Every trip has a song that inevitably gets replayed and sung to the point of exhaustion and frustration. Now, that said theme song, in my experience, is typically not a work of musical greatness. In fact, these theme songs tend to be near to awful in musical expertise. This being said, the theme song for this trip in my mind is “A

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Colonial days were tough. I knew this previously, but just walking around the redone and comodified Williamsburg was tiring. I cannot imagine actually living there. The history spoke to me in a way that was unexpected. Maybe this was due to people dressed in 1780s garb- bonnets, corseted tops, Thomas Jefferson wigs, and knickerbockers.In conversing with Pendleton, an employee and re-enactor at

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Following my tirade about Washington, it seems appropriate to display how I believe it preserves monuments and memorials in a very respectable way. More than any other city we have been to during the trip, D.C. allows for appropriate space and reflection for each monument. The reflecting pools and greenery allows visitors to ponder the significance of each memorial.In the Preamble we see the

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If NYC is a culmination of tons of musical theater kids, then Washington D.C. is all political science nerds. My first impressions of D.C. were not good to be honest. Meeting representative Cooper saddened me that after three hours to get showers and meet him, he, in turn, gave the group only three minutes. Now, I am grateful for his time, it was just anticlimactic after all the energy for us to

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pil·grim·age (pĭl'grə-mĭj) n. 1. A long journey or search, especially one of exalted purpose or moral significance. Here we are in the City of brotherly Love, my home next year. The scenery surrounding this stop was not of a glorious national park, Times Square, or sheep and buffalo. No, here was a neighborhood we had only driven by in the other cities to discuss the cultural and social

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If a bunch of musical theater people and advertisers got together to birth a city it would be called New York City. Now, for some people this sounds awful, but as a dancer/musical theater friend, I am in love.It is also good for me to factor in that my own analysis of a city is based on mood and community feel. I have at least seven friends who live in New York, so I automatically loved it

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Holocaust Memorial PicturesTap…tap…tap. “Hey Pierce,” I rolled over to pull my bunk curtain back.“Wakey. Wakey,” Pierce grins. Why did I say I would get up early? Unfortunately, I had. Boston was on the horizon along with the sounds of the 4th and maybe, “The British are coming,” resounding in my head.Jenni, Pierce, Shirah, and myself walked 2 miles (I probably rounded up in miles

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Sitting by the ICA art museum I jotted down a few sentences that I want to share. This probably does not make sense but interpret as you like. Oh, I also decided if I were moss I would rather be moss on the rocks at the base of Niagara Falls instead of growing at the edge of this Boston port.Willful silence fills my ears.Seattled in a Boston Harbor with tea not coffee.I love the view of drear

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With morning easing into the afternoon, our troop finally made it to the most northern point we shall travel, Buffalo, NY. With free time to meet and greet the falls and its visitors, I wandered to the observation tours photo index. Each photo placed on the board next to a cash register was ready and awaiting the person within the picture to buy it.Shots of uncomfortable smiles, odd spatial gaps

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We should have knocked on wood yesterday when discussing our luck with weather. Cleveland began slowly with a downpour. Instead of attending the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum first, the group started with a brunch and class discussion.By discussing the sociology of Detroit, transitioning into Cleveland felt a smooth upgrade. As far as economy goes my research on Cleveland informed me that it

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Detroit had so many layers that it is hard to touch on them all. I will just highlight the fact that this was the first city I truly saw without any statistics or words the effects of the economy. I have seen areas that had very little or are dirty and unkempt. These are hard to see. I have never seen row after row of factories that had no one inside or using them. Windows broken out and emptied

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Next came the day which I loved to hate.NASCAR has always been a secret point of tension for me ever since I attended a race with my family a few hours away from home in Atlanta only to develop the worst ear infection possible right before the event. Earplugs and chewable Tylenol were no match for the roaring engines of misery in my head for those few hours. Thus, today’s visit to Indianapolis

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The second day of Chicago threw me for a new loop. Our group ventured into several areas of the city from Wicker Park to Chinatown or to a upper class area. As the group dispersed I stumbled upon the most unexpected scene I had ever anticipated. My mouth dropped open because it was as if we entered a forbidden area or came upon a never-seen-before event.A block party on the edge of Chicago’s

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On medication due to major back spasms, I entered Chicago in a whirl. I must admit it was one of my most anticipated stops. The Art Institute, a friend in town, showers, and the pizza were in the forefront of my mind. Finally after a day of commuting the group got a quick shower and went on to the Taste of Chicago.Tickets for the event were eight dollars for twelve tickets, but each food item was

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A fuzzy blue parrot passed by me. Andi clapped saying, “Good for you. You cute parrot that kids love. Start them off early. That’s right,” she is still clapping . I look down to realize he had a Corona shirt on to promote the brand. To whom? I wonder. Children trying to decide what beer they want?Disturbingly enough the bird flew closer on his prey while my group ate at one of the two food courts

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I couldn't resist putting this picture up from Chris Speed's pictures. It is from the Crescent City laundromat.Wetsuits may be an ultimate nightmare for many guys and gals. The thought of wearing a skintight body cast in front of friends or strangers makes many tremble out of vulnerable discomfort. I am no different. Embarking on this trip into the ice-cold river on the outskirts of Yellowstone

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I never addressed the Grand Canyon because, to be honest, I don’t completely get it. I loved the climb and view, don’t get me wrong, but the amount of people who travel to see it each year about five million is a little baffling. The only reasoning I have is good marketing and it is one of a kind. There are trails to walk, and that is fun, but you can walk them anywhere. Also, most of the time

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Fish, bread, glazed nut aroma, postcards, tacky gift shop t-shirts, and some fruit gave me a ton to look at as I spent my hour at Pike Place Market away from the others in my group. It is nice to have this time for myself. I made googley eyes at the fish throwers because astonishingly enough they are very attractive with lively sense of humors. The sounds of people talking and laughing as

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It must be said that I love Anthony Bourdain, so when I thought of Portland it made me happy because I had recently seen his episode there. Low and behold we ventured to a doughnut place where he had been, Voodoo. All I have to say is there were many suggestive doughnut names that I cannot repeat or retype, but mine was called the voodoo doll which was in the shape of a ginger-bread man,

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I don't like tapioca tea. This is my reaction. After a late start due to some bus malfunctions, we arrived in San Francisco for our first encounter with public trans. Hills and hills of closely confined homes, apartments, and townhomes passed me by as I huffed and puffed on our walk uphill towards the Castro district. Moving from the

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It has been 4 days in California and I just wonder “Whats up with California?” When did it become so popular to travel to? Why did the moviemakers and dreamers of dreams stop here? And when is it going to fall into the Pacific? I have always looked at tabloids , seen movies, or secretly (by that I mean not-so-secretly) watched The Hills on MTV.

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Don't let this pic fool you of where I am. 40 states in 40 days, people. I am in the one and only Las Vegas. I must say many cities have surprised me, but this one was exactly what I pictured it to be. A place on sin and seduction as represented by the Treasure Island show. "The last seaman that came into my cove called me sin," exclaimed a female pirate in heals, latex, and fishnets after

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Salt Lake City didn't mean much to me as I stood in line to have my brand new MacBook fixed after it died. "Just leave me here," I remember thinking as I cried behind a sign at the Mac store while hiding from my group. Yes, I may be a child, but I worked hard all year to by a computer to use on the trip. Not before or after but during the 40 States trip. Pierce stayed behind attempting to cheer

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Reflecting on the day at the Navajo Reservation with Leland Silversmith and his family the one aspect I cannot forget is the meal. Not ever being this far west, my head will not stop looking up, and even on the drive in the van, when everyone was dead tired, it took me a second longer to actually doze-off because I could not stop peering out the window at the mountainous desert. Leland told

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Approaching El Paso, everyone in the group continued to think this day would give us a rest because it has a reputation as Podunk town. Eventually we would find this is far from the case in a border town. The scene of the area as we drove down the highway produced a visual distinction between Mexico and America as each landscape lied on either side of our van. Even though some areas from each

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3:30 AM Carmen’s Log: the curtain on my bottom bunk bed pulls to the side and a bright light shines into my sleepy, crusty eyes. The light shrunk my pupils down to pinpoints as I rolled away from the beam of light pulling me into its stream. Without a thought, I pulled the curtain to and went back to bed as I faintly heard someone ask, “Are you an American citizen?” No this wasn’t an alien

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Like any city, New Orleans immediately spoke to me the definition of itself. This was a one word representation of a city’s spirit; COMMUNITY. Driving through the streets of the city, it slowly panned into a scene of France with connected zero lot line homes (I know what this means thanks to my internship with the Perry Property Group) and townhomes. Just the sheer lack of distance between homes

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Samwise Gamgee MomentI am a nerd and referenced The Lord of the Rings in my blog title because it was a must. In the beginning of this journey I informed the group that the furthest west I ventured is Memphis. Yesterday, we went to Little Rock, Arkansas, so in honor of my new record I must quote:Sam: This is it.Frodo: This is what?Sam: If I take one more step, it'll be the farthest away from home

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Memphis=GracelandEver since I was little I have wanted to go to Graceland because my older brother told me it was "da bomb." Yes, this was when that was cool to say. Thus, the only part of Memphis I knew anything about was Graceland. Finally after a long awaited ten or so years, I made it.I made it to see plush crushed velveteen apparel, the mutton chops, mirror madness, bedazzled jumpsuits, and

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