Welcome to 6 Days on the Road!

I’m Robin, and I’ve been a traveler all my life. I created 6 Days on the Road as a place to share my favorite travel experiences along with occasional tips for navigating around the United States.

In addition to being a traveler, I’m a writer (and this is currently my source of income, thanks to tariff-related layoffs). When I’m not writing about the joys of being a stranger in a strange land, I’m editing my passion project: a book about the year I spent chasing the spirit of American icon Woody Guthrie around the country. I’m also a poet, sometimes. Or so they tell me. For many years I worked as a chef in addition to my careers in journalism and corporate copywriting. I’m two years into being an empty nester with my kid off to art school in Kansas City.

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