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By Jennifer Wells The mythical summer road trip: the pavement undulates ahead, the anthems reverberate, the possibilities multiply with every mile. The real summer road trip: the car breaks down, the hours are spent stuck in traffic, the constant refilling of the gas tank rapidly depletes the trip budget. There has to be another way. Paul Haney, recent graduate of FSU’s M.A. in English Literature program, former Capital City Villager intern and, in the spirit of full disclosure, a tutor in the program I direct, is about to find out. With a 45-day Amtrak rail-pass in hand, Haney is about to spend the summer exploring America the way people did a century ago: by train. While he has been on a number of road trips, Haney laments the stress that usually accompanies them. Not only does taking the train remove that stress, it offers travelers a different view. ‘’Trains don’t go on those heavily traveled routes that have become commercialized,” Haney explains. Like Simon and Garfunkel 45 years before him, Haney is going to look for America. This isn’t simply a vacation. “I wanted to embark on a large travel writing project that speaks not only to my own
background and observations but pulls in everyone else’s. I’ll be working, writing, photographing, and uploading to the website Haneyonthetrain.com.” Haney is including others in this project by crowdfunding many of his expenses. Via Indiegogo.com (like Kickstarter.com but for funding life projects instead of commercial products), Haney set a target goal of $2500 to help defray the costs of the rail pass (almost $900), hostels, and local transit. With three weeks to go, he has raised half of what he needs. For a $15 donation, supporters will receive a postcard. Haney will also photograph and upload that postcard to his website, so the private piece of mail becomes a public artifact of his trip. The largest donation, $500, gives the patron the option to choose an adventure for Paul, like having him dress up in a colonial costume and recreate the Boston tea party. If the open road stands for autonomy, what does the closed train track stand for? In this time of declining newspaper budgets, is crowdfunding the future of travel writing? How will these things uniquely shape Haney’s perceptions of America? Follow Haneyonthetrain.com to find out.
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