Less of a tech post this time but relevant none-the-less. Today is the first day of my last week at my current job, Spook Media – this Friday, after 2 and 1/2 years, will see moving onwards and upwards into the world of contracting.

Not one to doing things in a simple fashion – I thought I’d also bundle my career change in with a life-changing holiday, namely the 6 week road-trip across America that I’ll be doing in a few days. After about a year in the planning, myself, my girlfriend and two friends will be going coast to coast on a 6000 mile adventure – from LA to NYC.

Being the developer that I am, I immediately thought “but what form of website can I create for this trip” and quickly created epicroadtrip.co.uk. It’s going to be used mainly to document our trip and to keep in touch with my family’s less computer-able’d members – without having to call them every few days (avoiding some epic costs). It’s very much a “just double click this icon every few days” kind of job.

So, as you can probably tell, the next few months are going to be hectic, amazing, stressful and exciting. I’ll be updating this blog with some content from the road… but for anyone interested in what I get up to, in full, around America, you can check out the epicroadtrip.co.uk blog here or check out these posts here:

• A little about us
• 2 weeks away
• Family meet blog… blog meet family.
• Avis and the case of the missing grand

See you on the flip side!

Since I can remember, I’ve always been planning road trip around America – west to east. This blog will be filled up in a year or two with entries documenting my travels, but for now here is a fantastic video of a guy (& his friend) driving from LA to New York City, sped up to fit into a 4 minute inspiring video. Highlights include the ever changing scenery and the climactic drive through Times Square towards the end.

So if you’ve ever dreamed about doing the classic American road trip check out the video below and don’t forget to check back here this time next year!

Video Source: Boreme.com