Planning a New Journey

I am currently trying to plan out summer. For a long time I’ve wanted to go to America and go coast to coast. Looking at the map and trying to figure out where to go and where to stay. I find myself doing the same thing. It used to be I would plan around seeing different sights, landmarks and famous places. Now I’m more interested in planning around food places.

There have been so many places that have blown up over social media for spots to go. I want to try all the American diner style restaurants, in and out, red lobster, Wendy’s etc. I want to make sure I don’t miss any original or authentic gems along the way. I know there are different places that I’ve seen across several different social media accounts. I mean I could probably spend the whole trip just following the guys from the burger show on first we feast.

Am I wrong to plan a trip just around food? It’s a daily part of life but should it be the main point of the trip? Am I willing to get up at 2 in the morning to go and sit outside Franklin’s bbq just to make sure I get some.

I’m using an app called roadie. It lets you plan out your trip from start to finish, adding waypoints along the way. Most of the points I have picked so far have purely been down to trying food. Broken Spanish in L.A, Chico’s tacos in El Paso, Buckie’s are all on the list. I definitely more interested in the food than the sights. I will hit the sights along the way, pick up a few souvenirs and have a good time living out my cannonball style cross country adventure.

If you have any suggestions of places to go or things to see. Let me know. I’m want to hear about the best hidden gems along the way.

I’m heading to Chengdu for a 3 day adventure to see one of the boys. I have only three things on the list. Giant Buddha, giant pandas and spicy hotpot. Here’s to another food adventure 😁