Mike reaching out personally to each of the 225 people he interviewed on the road

In an ambitious endeavor and great desire to reconnect with old acquaintances, Mike is reaching out by email and phone to each of the 225 people he met and interviewed during the course of his "Chasing Charley" travels back in Fall 2003. With the passage of 6 1/2 years between the time when he took his trip and now, Mike is letting people know that the project is not dead and, in fact, is far from it, as blog sites, social networking pages, websites, articles of renewed interest, phone calls and recent interviews attest. He hopes to hear back from all of his contacts and expects their replies to be quite surprised and, at the same time, eager for the appearance of a finally printed hard copy of Mike's book. With luck, Mike hopes that his path will again meet up with these people, who so kindly accommodated him during his journey, and that they will enjoy the travelogue that he so thoughtfully penned with respect to Steinbeck.