Getting Started: Blogging 101

While I am not a novice to blogging or maintaining my own blog it can still be very daunting, in the beginning it seems like a great idea until you actually begin crafting a blog worthy of viewing. My first blog was political in nature, an insider’s look into West Virginia politics (wvcapitolblog@blogspot.com). The experience although rewarding was just that an “experience” which I knew would allow me to hone my skills before I moved on to something a little more readable by the on-line masses. Politics is a way of life that few understand and as an insider writing about this subject matter was relatively easy. It wasn’t until I met Rachel and we began traveling together that I even considered the idea of another blog…it seemed to fit. We travel, document our journals and write while on the road or from our offices after we return.

It is our desire to add something different to the mundane Sunday afternoon drive or preplanned road trip, perhaps all it may be is a simple new perspective on sights and sounds already seen by most Americans. None the less it is what it is a travel journal.

Our travels, thus our posts may include stories about our visit to the local Liquor Barn in Lexington Kentucky or the small church we attended along the way as we traveled to visit with parents in Ritchie County West Virginia. It’s just that simple.

Trips have been numerous to date so I do have little catching up to accomplish. Seldom do we get to travel throughout the week aside from a late night dinner as we rendezvous in Flatwoods West Virginia the half way point between Morgantown and Charleston West Virginia, our respective homes for the moment. However, we will share this experience as well, offering up some tiny morsels of advice and commentary on local eateries along the way.

We encourage all readers to share their road trip stories with us via email…perhaps we could learn something small about your region.


Robert & Rachel