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Introduction
First things first. You can follow the quest at one of two locations:
I don't think I'll be repeating the information here, but I figured at
least a little description was apt!
What It Is
I plan to visit every state-registered historical landmark in
California, and leave a BookCrossing book at each one, or nearby at some
more appropriate location. Of course, I'll go there on my motorcycle,
and will take a year or so, I'm sure.
Why?
Back in early 2003 I plotted and planned to do a month-long solo
motorcycle tour of the southwest. I had lost my mojo, and wanted a huge
challenge and an adventure.
It didn't happen. Two days before departure, my motorcycle's first gear
broke. So did I, for a while. But I'm terminally optimistic, and so I
got over it.
I had been doing a Motorcycle
Treasure Hunt that involved visiting 50 historical markers to train
and to have fun. I got really into this, and when I started looking
around, I realised there was a wealth of markers and landmarks and a ton
of things to learn. Bliss!
So, I converted the trip log into a motorcycle fanzine (Raven's Roads)
and plotted many routes on my maps, and slowly the idea of visiting all
the sites brewed, until I felt it was most certainly the right thing to
do. I would need a site for it, of course, and that was how Markeroni
exploded into existence. I'm still a little astonished at how much I've
put up there in such a relatively short space of time, and how much
sheer fun it is. :-)
And now you know.
I feel that the project lends itself to spontaneity, to short trips as
well as long. There is a lot I can achieve this winter, between rain
showers, while improving my skills. But if you think about this, the
project allows me to induldge a pile of my passions:
- Reading
- Writing
- Book-Crossing
- Motorcycling
- Travelling
- Learning
- History
- Treasure-Hunting
- Taking Photographs
- Building Web Sites
Lucky, lucky me. :-)
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Last update 06 Nov 2003
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