The official WT04 FAQ

When does the World Tour actually happen?

It begins on 5 July, and continues for a bit more than two weeks.

What makes it a World Tour, exactly, since you're not leaving the States or anything?

Two things: it's awfully damned long, and much of it is through unfamiliar territory.

How long is "awfully damned long"?

The first three of these jaunts averaged about 4600 miles; this one will be slightly shorter, but still around the 4000-mile range.

You've done this three times before. Why do it again?

Because I can. More to the point, it's good for me to get out of town, and it's good for my car to get a serious workout once in a while.

Will you be blogging every day?

That's the plan, anyway. You can still read the reports from 2001, 2002 and 2003.

What's the shape of this year's route?

Roughly triangular; the two vertices (I live, of course, at the third) will be Great Falls, Montana and Fargo, North Dakota, which are around a thousand miles apart, but more than a thousand miles from me.

Any unusual destinations along the way?

What on earth does that mean?

You know perfectly well what I mean.

Aren't you supposed to phrase this in the form of a question?

But no, I'm not looking for venues to go, um, skyclad. At least, not specifically.

Is there any chance you'll say "Screw it" and not go home?

I'll certainly go home — unless an opportunity arises that makes it unnecessary to go back to work, in which case all bets are off.

Posted at 6:36 PM to World Tour '04