9,237 miles (14,928km) and 58 days (58 metric days) later, I returned home. August has been a whirlwind: recuperation from the roadtrip; another (relatively) small roadtrip to Tahoe to flyfish, a four-day marathon to write and submit my dissertation prospectus, and some light thinking about the honeymoon to India this December.
Vancouver is easily one of my favorite cities in North America. …