At the start of 2005, 18 months after his wife Loretta lost her
battle with cancer, Ray Uzanas sold his house in Rhode Island and
began a journey of self discovery, renewal, and adventure. Ray's
was a 21st century odyssey where he not only came to accept his
past loss but also passionately and privately experienced the
challenges and joys of traveling around the lower 48 states. For
20,000 miles, over a period of nearly six months, Uzanas crossed
the country on its less traveled byways with little advance
planning, using only the logistics of the situation and his
interests to determine his route. Finding the elusive Venus fly
trap growing in the wild, sleeping in a tree hut in the forest of
Georgia, solo hiking within the barren White Sands of NM,
encountering a curious and hungry bear in Sequoia, talking
photography with a former Ansel Adams student in Mendocino, often
crossing the path of Lewis & Clark's 1803/05 expedition,
observing the predator/prey drama in Yellowstone's Lamar Valley,
meeting tribal elders of the Crow Indians in Montana, participating
in a Nebraska cattle auction, walking the Field of Dreams baseball
diamond - and much more - are part of his unforgettable odyssey.
His visits to such places as Wounded Knee, South Dakota, his
(strictly investigational) stop at a Nevada brothel, and
exploration of several dinosaur fossil beds provide insightful,
provocative perspectives. Uzanas takes the reader on a trip to both
the well-known and the off beat treasures of U.S. history and
culture, and he accomplishes this with unbridled curiosity and
enthusiasm. Ray's odyssey is a personal memoir and travelogue that
stimulates the reader's sense of adventure and learning. It will
beespecially inspirational to baby boomers, retirees, and young
people interested in independent travel, and it is one man's
attempt to cope with the loss of a loved one.
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