What if you create a concept that leads you to find a true look at America and what is seen as you travel the highways of our country? One that forces you to look at a life that you may not have ever been led to stop and explore. That is the concept of ‘The Next Hundred Miles’. The result is this photo essay that draws on the tried and true format but, drawing on that challenge, gives it a twist.

The Next Hundred Miles was a round trip from Marietta, Georgia, just outside of Atlanta, to Boulder, Colorado. Along a loosely planned route that avoids interstates, I stopped every one hundred miles to photo and document whatever was at that mile marker. The desire was to catch a vision of what grand differences there are across this country, seen through the towns and the landscape. The result of this journey is this printed legacy of the trip that presents not only the places, every hundred miles, but written impressions of the stops, and the journey as a whole.

To add to the adventure, the chosen mode of transportation was a ’71 VW Beetle pulling a small ‘tin can’ type custom trailer designed and manufactured by me. Growing up in Georgia I had many chances to be a back seat passenger in my mom’s 1964 Beetle but never got the chance to be the driver. As an adult, I’ve now acquired my own ‘bug’ (affectionately called ‘Little Stink’ by my daughter) and am now in the driver's seat of this piece of history. Similarly, my grandparents had a 70’s era Airstream that I did get the chance to sleep in, but never was lucky enough to have one of my own. Now, by making the ‘tin can’ trailer I built to resemble a classic Airstream, I got to combine those memories from my childhood and, in a way, relive those

cherished times. Enjoy the adventure!