Travel Writing

Ever wondered what it would it be like to just jump in the car and hit the highway, roaming from one small town to the next, living from one unexpected adventure to another? This is what travel writer and photographer Deborah Garner decided to do in the fall of 1999. Years later, she’s still on the road. Follow along as she continues to document America’s backroads and small towns.

March 3, 2003 The Woodfield Inn was built in 1852, the oldest operating inn in the state of North Carolina. It was said to be ...

March 2, 2003 At twilight I came into Asheville, North Carolina, landing in a massive rock structure that I can only refer to as heaven. ...

Feb. 25, 2003 Alabama and Georgia passed me by in a blur. I was trying to outrun the weather reports and I had a clean ...

Feb. 24, 2003 I must have looked pretty funny, parked on the side of the road where the Vicksburg exit from the Trace dropped me ...

Feb. 23, 2003 Before leaving Natchez, I stopped at the Natchez Visitor Center, located at the corner of U.S. 84 and S. Canal St. This ...

February 22, 2003 It didn’t seem to be long after leaving St. Francisville, Louisiana, that I crossed the Mississippi state line. The roads were almost ...