2020 was annoying and fucked up and scary for a lot of people. For me, it was just filled to the brim with crazy highs and super low lows. 

And for god’s sake, on the ingredients list of literally everything they sell, how could they not list “Idaho potatoes” instead of just boring old garden variety “potatoes” from wherever.

At the risk of being berated for encouraging travel during the time of Covid when we are all supposed to be social distancing within our little corona-bubbles and stopping the spread, here is what I learned on leg one of my cross-country road trip from New York to Cali.