Southern Hospitality
October 1, 2007 | by brett | Permalink
The hospitality of hosts hasn’t been limited to south. The welcoming warmth we’ve been greeted with across the country is the number one surprise I’ve had with this whole project.
I remember when Jay and I were planning the tour in June. Posted on our wall we had a typed list of cities where we needed a couch to crash. Each city represented the illustrious mystery of where we would stay. Jay spent hours on couchsurfing.com looking to make web friends, while I furiously sent emails to friends and family to let them know we were looking to find a house to shower at in Atlanta. Or Portland. Maybe Toledo, but more than likely, Buffalo.
Since that month of June, we have had an adventurous journey of finding generous souls that have opened up their homes. We stayed with my stepdad’s great aunt in Seattle. As I write this, I’m sitting on my girlfriend’s brother’s couch in Dawsonville, Georgia. An interviewee in Akron took us in for a night. I think we’ve met every member of Jay’s family. Even Mark’s Auto Service Center in Central Square, New York served us lunch and gave us a hefty discount on our RV repairs after we slept in their parking lot the previous night.
The title of this blog is called the journey. We have one more month of not knowing where we are going to stay. Wednesday we’ll be in Nashville. We have no definite place to stay as of now, a couple things in the works, like Zach’s friend’s ex-girlfriend’s friend, but no solid place to stay. No idea where we are staying in St. Louis, or Memphis, or New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Houston, Austin, or El Paso.
But you know what? I’m not worried.
Cheers to the journey, and if you know anyone in the cities we have remaining, tell them four scruffy journeyman are pursuing their passion and need a shower.
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Kelly G Says:
October 1st, 2007
This is all part of the adventure! To anyone reading this blog, we had the privilege of hosting these “scruffy journeymen” (they are anything but) and they are quite a fun bunch! You will be blessed beyond belief to spend time with them!
Eric Says:
October 1st, 2007
We are working on it in Nashville as I write. I am glad you guys see it as an adventure - great way to look at it.
Normally, we could put you guys up for the whole time, but we have a 4 week baby and my wife needs things as low key as possible. We have two teenagers and a 12 and 8 year old, so there isn’t much tranquility in our house anyway.
Things always have a way of working out. We”ll find those couches and showers.
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