Comments on: Trans-America Trail film nears completion http://www.sojournchronicles.com/2008/05/20/trans-america-trail-film-nears-completion/ a travelogue for life ... sometimes on a motorcycle! Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:48:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Sharon http://www.sojournchronicles.com/2008/05/20/trans-america-trail-film-nears-completion/#comment-15834 Sharon Tue, 27 May 2008 19:04:04 +0000 http://www.sojournchronicles.com/?p=421#comment-15834 Brent, this is indeed an interesting and exciting interview. But, frankly, it did not inspire me to take that ride. It sounds clearly like something a wise person wouldn't do alone. Quicksand?! Even Beatty leaves one thinking that were it not for the desire to honor their father, he and his brother probably wouldn't take that trip either. Rural America is one thing, rural backwoods, isolated, in the woods America, is a place I'll never venture alone. Too many bad stories. I read about a woman who did a similar ride and was successful (I think) but the guy who created the route mentored her a lot and I think even rode part of it with her. I read it a long time ago and now want to go back and re-read it in light of your interview with Beatty. Heavens. The thought of being caught in the woods, in "the middle of nowhere..." Still, excellent interview! Thanks. <em>Editor's Note: Sharon followed up with this info: Anke Irmscher, is the name of the woman whose report I read several years back. http://www.transamtrail.com/reports/2003/2003-08-womanonthetrail/</em> Brent, this is indeed an interesting and exciting interview. But, frankly, it did not inspire me to take that ride. It sounds clearly like something a wise person wouldn’t do alone. Quicksand?! Even Beatty leaves one thinking that were it not for the desire to honor their father, he and his brother probably wouldn’t take that trip either. Rural America is one thing, rural backwoods, isolated, in the woods America, is a place I’ll never venture alone. Too many bad stories. I read about a woman who did a similar ride and was successful (I think) but the guy who created the route mentored her a lot and I think even rode part of it with her. I read it a long time ago and now want to go back and re-read it in light of your interview with Beatty.

Heavens. The thought of being caught in the woods, in “the middle of nowhere…” Still, excellent interview! Thanks.

Editor’s Note: Sharon followed up with this info: Anke Irmscher, is the name of the woman whose report I read several years back. http://www.transamtrail.com/reports/2003/2003-08-womanonthetrail/

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