The Windmill Posts

Well, after 6,300 miles, 16 state borders crossed, 17 souvenir magnets, 18 sleeps, 1 ocean, half a dozen deserts, too many mountains to count, and one UPF 50+ sun protection panama hat – I’m home!

Wait, what? Weren’t I just in California? Yes, it looks like that. By the time I got to California I got behind in transcribing my recordings and started to flounder in posts. And that’s where it sat. Since then, every time I’ve been in a hotel I’ve been working with (no kidding) an AI system to transcribe the recordings and help me organize them so I can stitch them into a proper narrative. Gemini helped immensely, and now I’ve a great system for future trips. And if I haven’t covered it, I have a small (thumb sized) recorder that I have on a lanyard so at any moment I can speak a note or memory into it. Originally for dealing with memory issues, it’s turned out to be a great travel note taker.

I also didn’t consider the fact that over half my overnights were camping, and wouldn’t have electricity, internet coverage, or even somewhere comfortable to type! Although there was a campground in Colorado that was 10,000 feet up a mountain that had the strongest and clearest 5G signal I’ve ever seen! It was surrounded by ski resorts and apparently a high class clientele expects high class cell coverage!

My task from here on out is a bit of post-trip therapy. By going over the notes and typing my story, it’ll hopefully help cement the memories and let me enjoy them in the future. If you’d like, you can ignore this post and imagine I’m still on the road. I’ll do my best to be timely!

The header image is my backup pocket tool! Oh I missed it so!