KIRK NOAIN'S CAMERA DIARIES 1: VIEWS OF A DRIVER WHO DROVE CLOSE TO 800000 MILES

I did not know how to drive a car. Then I migrated to the USA with a job. I was on a visa. I did not know good English back then. Instead of saying 'What did you say?', I would say 'What say you?'. Are you laughing at this?I rode a $100 bicycle in Texas, California, and Washington State to go to my jobs. Then came the winter in Spokane. It was harsh. I cannot ride a bicycle again. So, my manager and I went to a car dealer. I bought a new car. Least I knew that I would fall in love with driving. I will drive close to 800000 miles before I reach a certain age! Most Americans start driving much earlier. Over a lifetime, assuming a driving period from age 18 to 70 (52 years), they drive roughly 741,676 miles. I have a large number of years left to reach 70! Am I crazy?Instantly, my car helped me learn to ski. I became good at it. By the way, I never saw snow before coming to Washington State. Therefore, I am sure you all will say that I have done well on that!This book is about some of my trips. I did the continental USA and Alaska many times by flimsy cars like sedans - through the desert and through the icy mountains - both day and night. Since my visa did not allow travel in other countries except the NAFTA countries, I did my automotive travels in the US and Canada. It also had a special meaning because I had to deal with three losses in my family. On top of it, there were economic recessions and job losses. The timeframe of this particular volume is 2006 - 2012 and 2021 - 2024.I am also planning the next set of books in this series. I have a habit of writing my weekly photo-diaries. Most of the word documents crash because of my pictures that are embedded with the text! The books are coming out of those diaries.During the pandemic, I drove to the South Western States of the USA. I was very scared of the pandemic as you can imagine. I should not have stayed so intimidated by the virus. However, driving in my own country makes me a patriot, which was the plus on across-USA trips. Isn't it right?I should also be driving to remote lands overseas. If companies sponsor me I can do exactly that. By the way, I am no longer on a visa; I became eligible to freely visit any country now.I am hoping these books will serve as a little American history and descriptions of my visits to many countries in the six habitable continents of the world.For this book, I used cell phone cameras only. Read more