Vermont was closer, smaller, greener, cozier, and slightly cooler. Last year’s vacation was an unforgettable experience, but those nine days and 3500 miles were daunting and grueling. This is who we are and what we do.įor 2022 we wanted the opposite of Yellowstone. After years of contenting ourselves with everyday life in Indianapolis and any surrounding areas that also had comics and toy shops, we chucked some of our self-imposed limitations and resolved as a team to leave the comforts of home for annual chances to see creative, exciting, breathtaking, outlandish, and/or bewildering new sights in states beyond our own, from the horizons of nature to the limits of imagination, from history’s greatest hits to humanity’s deepest regrets and the sometimes quotidian, sometimes quirky stopovers in between. We’re geeks more accustomed to vicarious life through the windows of pop culture than through in-person adventures. Since 1999 Anne and I have taken one road trip each year to a different part of the United States and seen attractions, wonders, and events we didn’t have back home. This year, another beloved classic got a turn. We previously did A Christmas Story tourism back in 2013.
“Christmas in July” is more idiomatic, but our timing was six days off.
