A Guide To Self-Construction Rather Than Mass Production.
A compilation of the wisdom gleaned from Roadtrip Nation's informational interviews and experiences on the road, including a how-to-roadtrip guide.
A few years ago, buddies Mike, Brian, and Nathan faced the end of university with the realisation that, like many a university student, they had absolutely no ideas what to do with their lives.
Their solution: take a roadtrip and interview people from all walks of life to learn how they got where they are. Their mode of transportation: a clunky, 31-foot green motor home. Three months and 17,000 miles later, they'd met the CEO of National Geographic, the scientist who decoded the human genome, and the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic. They'd talked to bookstore owners, filmmakers, artists, and more than 70 others who had found their callings - their "open roads".
Mike, Brian, and Nathan had found their mission: to help others define their own paths based on passion, individuality, and non-conformity. They titled their project 'Roadtrip Nation', made a documentary, created a TV show, started a magazine, wrote a book, and now send teams of students on roadtrips each summer.
'Finding The Open Road' shares the history of 'Roadtrip Nation', along with a dozen life-as-road themes, a how-to-roadtrip guide, a personal roadtrip journal, and more than 50 interviews conducted in green RVs. It's many lives' worth of wisdom for anyone trying to find their way off the beaten path.
