"50 states. No more. No less. It's a f*cking magic Number!"

Chris Norman - stockboy in "It's sugar" store

Myrtle beach, SC, USA

After taking a quick look at the huge pile of blogs on this site, I realized that I'm unlikely to break new ground, show the coolest photo, tell the story of the coolest adventure, or talk about how "America changed me and now I'm a completely different person," so I'm not really planning on doing that (besides, few people read it anyway). However, I was recently reminded of a letter I kept promising to write while in America but never got around to, so I'll go ahead and describe the most important events of my American life and travels. On the other hand, I don't want to bother those who don't want to know anything about me but are looking for a website or something else useful.

After much brainstorming, a consensus was reached and won out. For those who want to read about the trip and learn something about the places where Your Humble Servant (hereinafter YHS) had the pleasure of visiting during the cross-American journey - go to the pages simply titled with the topic. The trip lasted 45 days and 20,000 kilometers. I visited 25 states and about as many national parks. But more on that later. Specifically, the travel locations are marked with the title PLACE, so you don't have to read other heresy)

I'll try not to write about daily life at all - only about trips and, perhaps, only important moments along the way. For those who need data, reports, and addresses/passwords - you are invited to visit the pages (which, I think, will be much fewer than the others (though that's for the better)), which are titled MISSIONS. And if the person for whom this is all being written in the end actually reads the letter from beginning to end - then there will be just a ton of joy!!))

Well, let's give it a try...