THE CALL OF THE ROAD
There’s no place better suited for mulling over the big questions than the road. Somewhere between the faded sepia tones of the past and the bright neons of the future lies the heart of the matter, the truth, the thing we’re all seeking in one way or another. For me, the journey towards the unknown has always involved the road in all its various forms: long asphalt, gravel and dirt paths snaking their way over mountains, across rivers, through deserts and prairies, connecting us to each other.
Cross-country travel by car has long been a part of American life, and goes as far back as 1909, when 22-year-old Alice Ramsey became the first woman to make the drive from coast to coast, only six years after the first successful such trip
