Description:
In the late summer of 2022, the author finds his next traveling companion in the hot and dusty backyard of an antique shop on the backroads of Fossil, Oregon. The companion, Orvis, is an imaginary dog. True soulmates, they inspire one another to take a journey that neither could take alone, a journey of humor and forbearance, personal discovery, and egregious self-sacrifice. Together they break new ground in the annals of travel writing, finding the best and the worst of the places they visit, but always maintaining their strong opinions and sense of humor.
A Journey With Orvis is not really about the places they travel (from Mexico City to Istanbul, Zagreb to Paris, London to Dublin), but is more about the 'who' and 'why' of traveling itself. It helps that they travel lightly with only a small carry-on and open minds. It helps even more that one of them is imaginary.
By the end of the journey, it could be either one.
Brief description: Mose Tuzik Mosley has been a travel writer for more than twenty-five years and has traveled extensively, throughout the world, on a wing and a prayer and a budget that few could match for its paucity. He has earned degrees from the University of Connecticut (BA Political Science/Journalism) and the University of Oregon (MS Journalism). Still, he has not let higher education stop him from becoming a writer. He currently resides in rural Lane County, Oregon, USA, and Cabo del Este, Los Cabos, BCS, Mexico. This is his first book.
Review Quotes:
"Tuzik-Mosley reaches a new frontier in this unexplored territory of travel writing. Neither fiction nor fact, his journey takes place in a realm of literary mysticism that keeps the reader constantly wondering: Did this really happen? Most of his stories are based on established fact, but he has the ability to make even the bare-knuckled truth seem like a tall tale. This is true travel writing with a couple of goodly stretchers tossed in to make the salad brisk. If you are traveling by train be sure to take a copy. Close your eyes in the tunnels and hold on to Orvis in case the light stays out...."
-Mark Twain, best-selling author of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court