Travels With Otto

The Tale of a Dog—A Fun Road Trip in Florida

De: Ellen Frazer-Jameson

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

"Travels with Otto, in the spirit of John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley, promised to be a unique and fascinating road trip across our chosen route, the Sunshine State of Florida. With old-fashioned road maps and without the benefit of electronic ground-planning systems, our plan was to visit places of interest, meet up with friends and allow our spirits to run free, taking us, if they so chose, on wild-goose chases and unscheduled diversions.

Our preparations and packing were sporadic and somewhat disorganized, informed by the fact that we intrepid travelers had made the discovery that superstore retailer giant Walmart allowed free overnight parking in their lots for RVs. Honest. We proved it—happily shopping in the middle of the night while our home on the move rested amidst the huge delivery trucks and constantly arriving and departing staff members and nocturnal customers.

True, we had some essentials and personal favorites: Artist and musician Jude Parry insisted on packing her accordion—and a vase of red roses, a romantic gift from an admirer she refused to leave at home only to wither. The roses, that is, not the admirer. Sister Angela, who was visiting Florida from her home in Spain, had her art supplies with the objective of painting a portrait of her teenage granddaughter as a birthday gift. As chronicler of the trip, I carried a laptop...