Bad news first: My participation in the AOL/Ford road trip project fell apart at the last minute. It’s a complicated story, but essentially there was an issue with work visas, immigration regulations, and my being Canadian. So the show goes on without me.
The good news is, since I had already packed up my things and sublet my apartment anyway, I decided to just drive south on a road trip of indeterminate itinerary and uncertain duration. I’m here in Vancouver now after a five-day trip through northern B.C., just in time for the TBEX travel blogging conference. From here, I plan to tool around the Pacific Northwest, maybe the Rocky Mountains, maybe head south to northern California. It’s all up in the air.
I’ll also be attending the Oxford American Summit for Ambitious Writers in Arkansas in late June, which I’m unbelievably excited about. I’ll be a student in the nonfiction stream; faculty includes Pico Iyer and David Remnick, and a host of other fantastic long-form magazine writers.
More news to come soon. Meantime, here’s a photo from beautiful Muncho Lake, B.C., where I camped my first night out of Whitehorse.
Eva Holland 
Re. road trip…..
Outrageous.
But you know I feel this. So, anyway.
An event with “ambitious writers” in the title automatically gets my thumbs up for sheer chutzpah. But looking through the event, it sounds a good ‘un. I formally submit a request for you telling us all about the experience of it in here. Kthxbai.
Hey! If you head into Northern California I’m in humboldt county (eureka area, I’m in arcata) until the end of July and would be happy to show you around. It’s rural, but pretty–it’s in the redwoods. Hope you’re enjoying the pacific northwest!
Thanks, Faith! I’ll definitely let you know if/when I pass through.
That sucks 😦
So sorry it didn’t work out but it looks like other doors have certainly opened up!
Consider this photo reason #462 why I need to go to Canada. Oh, and do you happen to know if wild blueberries grown on the shore of Muncho Lake?
Hmm, no idea about the blueberries. It seems likely. I could ask around if you’d like?