Spike travel was pretty chill. We had a three-day trek out to New Orleans that took us through New Mexico and Texas. The first two hours were kind of rough, what with having to say good-bye to my Earth Three teammates, but once I got out of the ATD (assistant to the driver) seat and realized I was going to have an entire bench in the van to myself, I got over it a little bit. We spent the night in Amarillo, and then woke up bright and early the next morning to make our way to Tyler, TX.
The lovely thing about Tyler is that if you didn’t see any AmeriCorps teams the first night of spike travel, you’ll run into at least eight when you get to the hotel there. Immediately following our arrival, the pool was swarming with Corps Members, and there was a trip to the local drive-in movie theater being planned (we went and saw WALL-E. It rocked.).
We pulled up to our housing at about 5pm Central time on July 10th. It’s a house in the lower ninth ward, within walking distance of all of our project sites. I’m stoked about this project and I can’t wait to give updates on how it’s going.
The team at a historical marker in Pueblo, Colorado
2 comments:
What is spike travel? IDK if you previously explained it but I'm still catching up on the blogs!!
Spike travel can be really fun. First, a SPIKE is any project that's not near Denver. Spike travel is just the time you spend getting to wherever it is you're going. It consists of riding/driving in the van all day, staying in a hotel or campgound at night and possibly seeing new places along the way. One team is passing through St. Louis to get to their project. They're going to stop and see the Gateway Arch and the Mississippi River.
~Sam
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