Today, April 11, 2016 is about two weeks before I’ll be flying to Chicago to embark on a 1-month road trip. I’ll be flying into Chicago on April 25th, picking up the RV on April 26th, and driving through St Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, and possibly other cities/regions depending on the amount of time available after Salt Lake City. The RV and flight are already booked, as are the entrance into the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting (April 30th), but that’s about it. The rest of the schedule/activities/route are completely open to impulsive decisions which makes road trips exciting.
One main concern about the trip is the possible loneliness that will come from traveling alone in an RV, especially because I’ll spend many days in the solitude of sparsely populated mountainous regions of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada. How will I make sure that I have enough social interaction and conversations during the trip?
Last night I came up with an idea to include a detailed recollection of a person I met and conversation I’ve had (and a lesson I learned from the encounter.) This will hopefully encourage and motivate me to start conversations and become interested in other people. I will try to implement this, at least for the first few days of the road trip.
Other ideas for meeting people are using Tinder, attending Meetup events, couchsurfing events/discussions, Facebook posts, Nearify?, Tinder?, Ridesharing?, conferences/gatherings/festivals, Reddit?, Travbuddy?, EatWith, SMILE!!! and chat with strangers, Travel Slow (don’t be in a rush),
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/blake-boles/20-non-awkward-ways-to-meet-people-_b_8100950.html
Do I want to go to ICSC? I don’t think it’s worthwhile. I don’t have any specific properties to market or any money to invest. Therefore, it doesn’t seem worthwhile to spend the $1,000 and three days to attend the conference. I would much rather be traveling and saving the money.
This should be a great trip, but I should probably look up some more activities and nature to see in Utah, Arizona, and Nevada. Other than that, I’m pretty much good to go.
