Unscheduled Fieldwork · The ongoing experiment
What happens when we ask ChatGPT where to wander?
It usually begins with a little free time, a bored kid, and a willingness to get peculiar. Sometimes we need somewhere to go before dinner; sometimes an entire vacation is waiting to take shape. This evolving record follows the suggestions, discarded possibilities, unexpected stops, and outings we actually took—along with what proved worth remembering.
See the working methodThe working method
A recommendation is only the beginning.
Each field report follows the same trail: the prompt, the possibilities ChatGPT surfaced, the options we left behind, the outing we actually kept, and what the day taught us about doing it again.
- 01PromptWhat were we trying to solve?
- 02SuggestionsWhat did ChatGPT put on the table?
- 03RejectedWhat sounded better in theory?
- 04Field testWhere did we actually wind up?
- 05ReviewFinal notes follow after the outing.
Close to home · Growing log
Short jaunts
A few free hours, a little context, and an expanding record of where curiosity led.
- Temple of Tolerance · Wapakoneta, Ohio
- Banana Derby... and GOATS! · Xenia, Ohio
- The Silos · Dayton, Ohio
- The Tartan Turtle · Waynesville, Ohio
- Ohio Renaissance Festival
- Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy · Piqua, Ohio
Further afield · Growing log
Extended detours
Overnighters, vacations, and longer escapes shaped through conversation, research, constraints, and the turns worth remembering.
- KOA Holiday · Indiana
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Columbus, Ohio
- Dayton KOA Holiday · Ohio
- KOA at Lake Barkley · Kentucky Planned · July 4, 2027