On the Road: Council Bluffs, Iowa
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On the Road: Council Bluffs, Iowa
On the Road: Council Bluffs, Iowa
posted by Michael L. Hess | 4:28 PM
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Literature often describes places we are curious about, regardless of whether we know them or not. This blog maps the journeys laid out in selected books and offers reflections corresponding to the various stops. Happy traveling!
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- On the Road: Chicago
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2 Comments:
Are you driving this route? I did the same thing back in 1976 after reading "On the Road," but I hitchhiked the whole way. I didn't exactly stick to the same exact route that Sal Paradise & Dean Moriarty took in the book, though, although I did hit a lot of the same places, including Denver and San Francisco. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life.
Ron Miller
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I agree with you about the in-betweens, and the evils of suburbs.
Your blog however is a bit more suburban than the book.
I spent a night in council bluffs, I had come up from Kansas city on my rat-bike, and after spending quite some time procuring lodging, settled into a bar accross the parking lot from the hotel. It was all a parking lot, for the hotels, casinos, bars, and truck stops. Spent the night drinking with a mad trucker who had come up from vegas, and planned on going somewhere else in the morn, proably still with a bac but it was proably old hat to him. Couldn't see or ride straight the 2 blocks back to the hotel. Check-out came to early but that was a maschistic trip anyway. Even in a boring town such as council bluffs, there is adventure to be had.
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