Road Trip to Dallas Starts Today
by Mallary Tenore Tarpley
I’ll be starting my road trip to Dallas this morning with my dad, who flew down from Boston earlier this week to accompany me on the trip. We’ll only have two days for the trip, but I’m looking forward to some quality father-daughter time. My dad and I have always said we wanted to put together a book; we would travel cross-country and I would write about our travels while he took photos. This weekend, consider this blog our “book.” I’ll write updates when I can and post some photos to the blog. We’re leaving in less than five hours, so it’s about time I go to bed. Hope you tune in throughout the next 12 weeks or so to find out more about my Dallas adventures.
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[…] When I arrived in Texas, I felt overwhelmed and scared. Everything seemed so sprawling, so unfamiliar. But with time, my familiarity grew, as did my fondness for the city. That’s what’s so great about traveling — you’re faced with the challenge of stepping outside your comfort circle and exploring new territories that you may have never thought you’d like. I’ve often thought that being a journalist is the best way to get to know a place because it forces you to get out and find story ideas, meet people, and build sources. As you explore, you have to learn to embrace the wrong turns and the unreliable directions because, really, it’s in getting lost that we find our way. […]