Jason's Travels

Posted by Jason Hussong on Monday, July 26, 2010,

A number of friends have told me that I need to write a book about my travels. They remind me of all the places I've seen, and encourage me to write a book about it all. So, after hearing enough of it, I've finally got the ball rolling and am

about halfway through the story - something I've found to be much more difficult than I had initially anticipated.

I knew writing a book would be a lot of work, but you just pour so much of yourself into it that it's difficult not to fuss over every...

Travels with Charley: In Search of America

Posted by Jason Hussong on Sunday, January 31, 2010,

Recently I was on a hike and one of the topic of conversations was travel literature. We talked about some of our favorite books, what we were reading now, and what inspired us. My hiking buddy, Kory Kilmer, mentioned the one that really caught him

was John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley. It was right at about this time that the realization struck me that I hadn't turned a page in a Steinbeck book since high school.

Back when I was in school I hated to read. Well, not so much a hate to r...

The Lost Continent

Posted by Jason Hussong on Thursday, November 19, 2009,

It's no secret that I'm a fan of Bill Bryson's writing. I have yet to find a book of his that I don't like, even mildly, and don't suspect that I will either. The most recent book of his I've read, one of his earliest works - The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America - is perhaps my favorite though. I had a difficult time putting it down and am sure that I'll read it again before the new year.

The Lost Continent reminded me, as I turned the pages, of the roadtrips I grew up on as...

Roughing It

Posted by Jason Hussong on Friday, October 23, 2009,

In high school my English Language & Literature teacher made me read Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; I was none too impressed with her for this as I did not care for his writing style. I struggled with every page and have thus held a grudge against the man since. The perfect storm seemed to come together though when several

people I know recommended I read Roughing It all at about the same time.

It had been many years since my Huck Finn encounter, so I figured I'd give ...

On the Road

Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, September 15, 2009,

Jack Kerouac's On the Road is travel writing as it should be. It is a vivid description of interesting personalities partaking in bizarre adventures that cause them to criss cross the United States for no

other reason than to be somewhere else, to experience life in a different place. And that, in my opinion, is exactly why traveling should be done.