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How Can I Be Lost When I Don't Know Where I'm Going : Wandering Across the Continent with Barb Thacker and her dog, Ink

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I thought that this was an excellent book, and I had a hard time putting it down. Ms. Thacker makes you feel as though you are on the journey with her! Lots of wit and humor also. I have also read the sequel, "Blissfully lost in the Baja", and loved every minute of it also. I can't wait for her to come out with another enjoyable book.

I never thought about buying an RV until I read this book, and now I plan go at RVing full time within the next year. Barb taught me in this entertaining book not to be afraid to try something new. Every woman can follow her example of fun, freedom, and bravery!

Barb Thacker has written a life-affirming book with a sense of humor. It certainly makes spending time seeing the world sound like the right choice! Her stories of her dog Ink make the book even better. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I hope Ms. Thacker keeps traveling and keeps writing books.

I liked this book very much. No, it's not riveting, and it's not Steinbeck. If every author had to write like Steinbeck to be published we wouldn't have more than three or four books a year to read. I like books written by real people. It makes me feel like maybe I could do it too.

I enjoyed Barb's descriptions and impressions about the places she went and the people she met in her old Toyota Chinook with her dog. How so many people asked "Aren't you afraid"? Her answer: "Afraid of what"? I worried for her that her camper would breakdown and make her trip a disaster. I worried that her dog would be hit by a car.

I could relate as I often drive 700 miles each direction to the family cottage in Ontario, Canada with just my dog. I think nothing of traveling alone and am surprised when others look at me as though I must be a little bit crazy. For me, taking off like that by myself is pure joy! And I'm about the age Barb Thacker was when she made this trip.

I've ordered her next book and am looking forward to reading it. I hope others feel the same way.

I can see why some readers may not find this book to their liking; my wife read it after me and would puff her cheeks every few pages at something 'Barb' had written. I loved it, though.

Barb ventures from her New Mexico home up to the Maritimes on the Eastern Canadian coast and back in one 4 month stint staying, more or less exclusively at campgrounds around the country. The book is in large part, a recounting of her trip in diary form, from the people she met and the places she visited to the antics of her loveable dog, Ink. Although Barb can get a little Mother Earth-y for me at times, I loved this book enough to purchase her follow-up.

This book struck a veritable symphonies worth of chords inside the soul of this fastidious critic. It is quite refreshing to read the intimate first-person observations and perspectives of this brilliant author's travels. After reading this book, you will feel like you have just met an old dear friend. It will likewise have you listing the house with the realtor, purchasing that little camper and fulfilling that primal desire --- wanderlust. I thank Barb Thacker for such a brilliant book.

Barbara's humor is the type you giggle yourself into a heap over then explode trying to repeat it to the next person you see. Nothing comes close to giving you a most real-life feel of seeing the scenery pass by. An ultimately necessary book for all gypsies, nomads, wanderers and every person in between.

I just finished her first book an hour ago, and have come on line to order the second. I enjoyed her adventures. I felt as if I were traveling along with her, Ink, & Tessie.
No, it's not "Travels with Charlie", but it's down to earth and a fun read. As I closed the first book, I felt an urgent need to get the second one as soon as possible to find out what happens next.
I applaud you Barbara, for your independence and sense of adventure. I can't wait to follow your example, (although I'm gonna bring along my own shower!)

This is a more or less verbatim rendering of her diary and a deadly boring read. All her visits to friends are detailed. This might be nice in a letter to mutual friends but the fact that the Grahams were moving from Ghost Ranch to Durango or that "Barbara and her husband were contemplating a divorce" is not of interest to me.

And then there are the teasers that turn out to be dead ends, for example, "I had never been to Crested Butte and just loved the name. Sure enough, the road was marked. We headed down a hill and past an interesting guest ranch. About three blocks later, the pavement ended. Nothing but gravel. I wasn't sure Tessie (the nickname of her vehicle) was ready for 20 miles of mountainous gravel road, nor did I feel I was ready to tackle it either. We turned around and went back to Route 133 which led us north through beautiful country. The weather was great..." ...