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Two Alums Span Country On Post-Graduate Road Trip
Christopher Duray
Issue date: 1/31/08 Section: News
"Mapping out where we had people to stay with actually gave us something of an idea of which way to go," Bolton said.
The decision to put their lives on hold for so long came as something as a shock to their friends, although their families were supportive as Mickelson's mother had taken a similar trip after college, and Bolton's parents had also traveled extensively, valuing the experience.
"It's not that [our friends] weren't supportive," Bolton said. "But they were confused as to why we wanted to do what we did, like living out of a car. They thought we'd get sick of driving or each other, but that never happened and in the end I think a lot of people were pleasantly surprised."
Mickelson is a professional photographer, and the pictures he sells through his "smugmug" photohosting site has funded much of the trip, though the biggest windfall he received came from a picture featured on popular celebrity gossip site perezhilton.com.
"When we were in San Francisco around Halloween, we got passes to the 'exotic erotic ball,' and this event was being hosted by Danny Bonaduce along with [former porn star] Tera Patrick," Mickelson said. "At one point he came out after a group of Chippendales, who finish their act wearing nothing but hats in front of the genitals, so as a joke he was dressed like that. And at one point he lifted the hat, and I happen to take a photo."
Bolton convinced Mickelson to send the photo to Perez Hilton, who posted the shot. Within a few days Mickelson was receiving offers to license the photo from major news organizations.
"From that photo alone, we've been able to finance a decent amount of the expenses," Mickelson said.
The two were able to complete their trip without any major impediments, occasionally having to struggle against sickness or some car troubles, but generally nothing that small town mechanics, sympathetic to the fact that the pair were sleeping in their car, could not fix in a day. The biggest problem that arose was the policy against dogs that most national parks enforce.
The decision to put their lives on hold for so long came as something as a shock to their friends, although their families were supportive as Mickelson's mother had taken a similar trip after college, and Bolton's parents had also traveled extensively, valuing the experience.
"It's not that [our friends] weren't supportive," Bolton said. "But they were confused as to why we wanted to do what we did, like living out of a car. They thought we'd get sick of driving or each other, but that never happened and in the end I think a lot of people were pleasantly surprised."
Mickelson is a professional photographer, and the pictures he sells through his "smugmug" photohosting site has funded much of the trip, though the biggest windfall he received came from a picture featured on popular celebrity gossip site perezhilton.com.
"When we were in San Francisco around Halloween, we got passes to the 'exotic erotic ball,' and this event was being hosted by Danny Bonaduce along with [former porn star] Tera Patrick," Mickelson said. "At one point he came out after a group of Chippendales, who finish their act wearing nothing but hats in front of the genitals, so as a joke he was dressed like that. And at one point he lifted the hat, and I happen to take a photo."
Bolton convinced Mickelson to send the photo to Perez Hilton, who posted the shot. Within a few days Mickelson was receiving offers to license the photo from major news organizations.
"From that photo alone, we've been able to finance a decent amount of the expenses," Mickelson said.
The two were able to complete their trip without any major impediments, occasionally having to struggle against sickness or some car troubles, but generally nothing that small town mechanics, sympathetic to the fact that the pair were sleeping in their car, could not fix in a day. The biggest problem that arose was the policy against dogs that most national parks enforce.
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