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About Me Member General Addict Jon B.23/Male/United States Recent Activity Deviant for 3 Years
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Best road trip ever!

Fri Oct 23, 2009, 10:34 PM
  • Mood: Awestruck
  • Listening to: "This Hard Land" -Bruce Springsteen
  • Watching: TV
  • Eating: Barbecue chicken
  • Drinking: Sam Adams
I just returned home to Cincinnati from the greatest road trip ever! :D As I mentioned in my last journal, I graduated from college in August. I got the idea to take a cross-country road trip by myself before I start working.
I left on the morning of Sunday, October 11. The first day I drove 1,000 miles before stopping for the night in Oklahoma City. The second day, I drove to Roswell, New Mexico and then to Sedona, Arizona. After that, I drove to Moreno Valley, California, and then up the coast to Monterrey. After having lunch with some family members in northern California, I drove to Oregon. After a day trip to Crater Lake National Park, I drove to Carson City Nevada and back into California with a stop in Yosemite National Park. While in Yosemite, I got caught in a snowstorm, but I managed to make it back into southern California. On Tuesday afternoon, I bagan my trip back home. I drove to Green River, Utah that night before spending the night in a hotel. Then I drove through the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. I got caught in a snowstorm and a traffic jam. Fortunately, I was able to spend the night with a friend in Denver. Yesterday I drove more than 800 miles through Kansas, which sucked, lol :XD: I spent the night in Missouri before driving the rest of the way to Ohio today.
Overall this was an amazing trip. I got to see so much of the United States. I saw some incredible scenery, beautiful sunsets, and for the first time ever, I got to meet a friend from dA in person. While in California, I met ~PhantomGoDeo , a good friend of mine here from a while back. We sure had a blast. Meeting her was one of the highlights of my trip.
I'm kinda bummed that the trip is over. Now that I'm out of college, I'm living at home with my parents until I can find a job and an apartment. Life here is pretty boring. I can't wait to get my own place. This vacation of mine gave me some freedom. I could see what I wanted to see and go anywhere. I drove 7,000 miles in 13 days. I saw so many incredible things in this country. I am very glad I took this trip. A great journey and adventure while I am at a crossroads in my life, having just graduated from college and not really knowing what I want to do and where I want to go next. I am absolutely in love with the southwest. I am starting to consider moving to Arizona, Utah, or southern California in a year or two. I honestly believe that taking this trip is quite possibly the best decision I have ever made.

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  • Current Residence: Cincinnati, Ohio
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: L
  • Interests: Guitar, harmonica, The Fairly Oddparents, biking, music, drawing, being outside
  • Favourite movie: Independence Day, Twister, Flyboys, Forrest Gump, anything w/Chris Farley
  • Favourite band or musician: R.E.M., Bruce Springsteen, and many more
  • Favourite genre of music: Anything Rock
  • Favourite artist: Butch Hartman
  • Favourite poet or writer: Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan
  • Favourite style of art: FOP
  • Operating System: Vista
  • MP3 player of choice: iPod nano
  • Favourite game: Super Mario Bros. 3
  • Favourite gaming platform: NES, N64, GBA, Nintendo DS
  • Favourite cartoon character: Vicky, Cosmo, Mark Chang, Wanda, Timmy Turner, Clam, Lazlo, Samson, Rocko, Spongebob
  • Personal Quote: "It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine!" -R.E.M.
  • Tools of the Trade: pencils, colored pencils

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:iconsamson34:
Thanks for the watch

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What can I say I am a beaver cop lover and beaver lover
Still a Camp Lazlo & Samson lover.
:iconjustcallmejon:
You're welcome! :D

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"The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power-drive,
Everybody's out on the run tonight, but there's no place left to hide"
-Bruce Springsteen
:icontemjin89:
Forgot to unblock you. I was going through a hard time, but I'm over it.
:iconfallen-lord:
hey i love REM too, plus ur FOP people are cool. i can't stand rap or george w. bush either. congrats on graduation! although i don't agree with you on the bruce springsteen thing...sorry. my friend's obsessed with them, though.

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of sadness, and sorrow.
Who would've thought tomorrow
would be so strange?"
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:iconslinkman-realworld:
thanks for the +fav

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:iconjustcallmejon:
No problem! :D

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"The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power-drive,
Everybody's out on the run tonight, but there's no place left to hide"
-Bruce Springsteen
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Hi, thank you for visiting our club. We hope you liked it:iconjarryplz:

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:iconjustcallmejon:
I sure did! :D
Come to think of it, I'd like to join! :)

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"The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power-drive,
Everybody's out on the run tonight, but there's no place left to hide"
-Bruce Springsteen
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sure..just watch the club and we'll watch you...add our avatar to your journal and be sure to check ours for activities and contests...have fun and thanks for joining.

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:iconslinkman-realworld:
Thanks for the watch

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