E-mail to family Across America

Glad to be part of this trip! Here is an e-mail sent to my family expressing some of my thoughts.

"Dear Family,

In 42 days I will be stepping out into this world of ours. What an exciting time for me! Even though the past four years have been filled with such wonderful, strengthening,difficult, and fun experiences, which I have no regrets for; I still believe there is so much more. So many opportunities, so many experiences, so many different people with different walks in life, so much more to see, so much to learn, and most importantly, so much more room to grow as an individual.

Therefore, with all other logic aside I have chosen to ignore the conformities and what is called "noise" that Universities put on you. I'm putting it all on hold for an adventure of a lifetime. I'm traveling across America!!

Two friends and I have planned a 60+ day excursion across our beautiful country. We have purchased a National Park Pass and plan on exploring and camping on every piece of land. We also plan on diving head first into all the possible sub-cultures in the nation. Most importantly, I want to connect with all family and friends that I have not been able to in the past 4 years.

For those on facebook, search "Across America" and you will find our official group dedicated to this trip. Join and comment if you can! We have had quite a surprising response of people opening their homes and sharing with us their knowledge about their hometown. We will be utilizing all the social networking tools we can to make this trip easier financially, and to share our experiences with everyone we can! We will be on twitter, youtube, blogspot, and facebook!

Additionally, we want to meet new people in all walks of life and have short and meaningful conversations with them. Similar to what is seen on roadtripnation.com! Also, we are learning and practicing sustainable living across the way. I am using this trip to not only explore the heartbeat of our beautiful country, but to explore, find, and dig deep into my own passions.

For those on the West coast I hope to spend at least one day with you!

The scary part is coming back broke, jobless, and in debt; but for some reason this fear and worry gets easier to deal with everyday. I ask for your prayers, support, advice, and any particular guidance along the way.

That is all for now but I am continuously thankful for the people I am surrounded with in my life!

To the Open Road!

With much Love,

Brian"