With the presidential election just around the corner, Front Porch Politics Host Tim Boyum is hitting the road on a trip, sure to be packed with adventure and the unexpected as he talks with everyday Americans about the issues that matter to them. 

He takes the pulse of towns and cities across the country while he travels on a 10-day journey, starting with a plane ride from Raleigh, N.C., to New York City. Then, he is making a cross-country jont, traveling through the Northeast, Midwest, Southwest and ending in Los Angeles. 

Tim will speak with local leaders as well as characters with personality and perspective as he travels, and he is of course leaving time and space to fix flat tires and see random roadside attractions. 

From statues and monuments in the Northeast to a dairy farm in the Midwest and on to an international hot air balloon festival in New Mexico, Tim is documenting it all. 

Keep up with his journey and all the interesting situations he encounters here: