America, the Final Frontier

These are the voyages of the Kia Soul automobile. Its continuing mission to explore strange new cities, to seek out new cafes and new communities, to boldly go where many generations of American explorers have gone before.

That’s right, we are embarking on The Great American Road Trip, taking the iconic drive across these great United States. For the past 2 years, I’ve been living abroad in as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ghana. I have to admit, I’m totally out of the loop with American popular culture. (That’s right, I just wrote those words out.) I was disgusted by Tinder and really wanted to start using the phrase “kids these days,” un-ironically.

But now I’m back, and the best way to get reacquainted with my homeland is do something quintessentially American, drive across the country. There’s nothing like seeing new places, and now I’m ready to see what’s new in my great big America shaped backyard. So I’m gonna hitch a ride with my best friend since middle school - Kelsey, from my beautiful hometown of Salisbury, North Carolina to her current home in Monterey, California with her grad school roommate. And it’s going to be great

The Great American Road Trip is coming to a city near you…. May 17-24