Nate and I are going on our first ever road trip together! (It's his first ever road trip, and my first ever road-trip-with-Nate.) The last and only other road trip I went on was with my dear old friend Katie McGuire and it was an absolute all around good time. There were kittens, puppies, Amish people, historic monuments (especially that extremely famous one I always mix up with the Eiffel Tower--any guesses?), magical glass trees, scary motels, yard sales, peace-inducing open fields, a direct correlation between gas prices and our location on the east coast, and a general feeling of freedom.
Here are some relics from that beautiful week of my life:
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| This trip was a big part of the reason that Pennsylvania is my favorite state (as pictured) |
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| The magical glass tree outside an art museum in Baltimore |
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| We stayed in a bed and breakfast owned by Mennonites, who let us hang out with their kitten |
So overall the road trip of 2008 was probably the most enjoyable experience of my life so far.
This time around, we are going to take a slightly different approach to travel because I found out about this thing called CouchSurfing!
This means that we don't have to stay in a motel ever again! We will now be staying with Christina in the Bronx for two nights and Adam in Connecticut for one night. Thanks to CouchSurfing, even though Nate and I don't know Christina and Adam at all, they are letting us live in their apartments for free. And we will probably hang out with them as if they are our friends. I love this!
There is some recent controversy about CouchSurfing changing from a nonprofit to a B Corporation.
B Corporations, or Benefit Corporations, "must by law create a material positive impact on society; consider how decisions affect employees, community and the environment; and publicly report their social and environmental performance using established third-party standards."
(from this article)
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As of right now, I don't care very much about the change because CouchSurfing is such an awesome resource for me.
Well, I don't really care that much if they are changing to this B-Corporation status, but I felt cheated since now that investors are pumping millions into the site(google it), that broke travelers around the world can't get their own investment back in kind.
ReplyDeleteYeah it makes sense that you feel cheated. Also, I like your blog. I like how honest it is. So you're in Nantucket? Do you come back here sometimes? I'd be thrilled to see you!
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