| Ten years after first hearing about the Green Tortoise, I'm finally
getting myself on the bus. Some people hear about the bus through flyers
posted on telephone poles, others through the budget traveler grapevine
- me, I heard about it through the most unlikely of places: Seventeen Magazine.
In an article about "alternative" ways to spend your summer vacation I
read about the communal atmosphere, the amazing sights, the funky buses,
and I knew I had to go. The problem was I was only 16, and talking my parents
into letting me go was no less than a major hurdle. So I buried thoughts
of the Green Tortoise way back into my subconscious, forgetting about it
while I was exploring Europe, discovering Alaska and taking road trips
up and down the west coast. But when I was mulling over where to go for
my next vacation, it all came back to me and I realized I would soon be
too old to fully enjoy the magic of the Green Tortoise.
If possible, I will send a couple travelogues along the way. However,
if it comes down to enjoying a little bit more of nature, or sitting in
front of a computer, I'm going to choose nature. In preparation for that
I've taken the tentative itinerary from the Green
Tortoise website and added some links to the places I'll
be going so you can follow along.
Click
here for a day-by-day itinerary
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