Jim Swilley, Author at Backroad Planet

Confessions of a Traveling Cinephile

by Jim Swilley | Last updated Jan 23, 2017 | Published on Jan 23, 2017 | 14 comments

A confirmed traveling cinephile declares his love for travel and the movies, and discloses how his passions converged at an antebellum mansion in Louisiana. Note from Howard: Jim Swilley and I have been friends since our first day as college roommates in 1976. I was...

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Two guys from Central Florida who enjoy adventure and discovery on the backroads. We prefer taking the scenic route, finding out-of-the-way historical sites, and local flavor in hole-in-the wall cafés and guesthouses. Budget travel and economy are definite factors in trip planning, but we are not afraid to splurge occasionally. We also enjoy national and state parks and collecting passport stamps along the way. We hope you can use our site to help plan your own adventures. Please contact us if we can help you in any way . . . .