Poe's North American Tour '99

Other than the odd short trip to Scotland or Wales, I didn't leave my native England until 1999 when I was 28 years old.

Then I took a long tour around North America, touching all four corners of the United States and both coasts of Canada. To say it was a culture shock would be an understatement, but it was a fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable trip. I travelled alone or in the company of my then girlfriend, Tracy, and met up with many people who I had previously only known online through the trivia game site, Cosmo's Conundrum.

Here's my write-up of the tour. It's only about half finished but it's too distant now for me to finish off properly.

I did however return a year later for the Millennium Roadtrip.

Travelogue Episodes

1. The Phantom Menace
2. Driving in 3-D
3. The Big Meetup
4. The Blue Ridge Parkway
5. Inna Gadda da Vida
6. Southern Hospitality
7. Midday in the Traffic Jam of Good and Evil
8. Within Four Miles of a Lake
9. Guido the Killer Pimp
10. Etude
11. The One Thing on the Menu
12. 'Here, Kitty! Kitty!'
13. Dead Englishman's Gulch
14. No Fog on the Bay