Week 3: The Grand Canyon – Climbing Up the Walls
Sunday, August 18th 2013 5:30am. The buzzing of my cell phone was a stark contrast to the soft rhythm of nature that surrounded my campsite. I had around eight […]
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Quote of the Day: January 13, 2014
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. – Dale […]
Car Sleeping: A Budget Traveler’s Guide
So you want to travel, but money is tight. Why let that stop you? From my experience, one of the biggest single expenses of travel is usually lodging. This is […]
Week 3: Exploring the Depths of the Grand Canyon
Saturday, August 17th I awoke abruptly in my tent, nylon walls hanging loose and low, sun over the canyon walls as I laid there in my boxer briefs on top of […]
New Year, New Opportunities
I woke up on New Years Day with a smile on my face. It was 7 am, and I could barely sleep the way it was. On a day when […]
Week 3: The Grand Canyon – The Descent
The Grand Canyon. You hit me like a ton of bricks. So let’s see… If you were following my blog in late August, then you might have been a bit […]
Life: Officially Reformatted
December 1st, 2013 I pulled into Breckenridge, Colorado where a new home awaited me. It had been 127 days since I left Pennsylvania for my road trip on July 27th, […]
Life Is A Coincidence
“I have always known that at last I would take this road. But yesterday, I did not know it would be today.” – Narihira On a sidewalk in Seattle’s Public […]
Highlight: San Francisco – Freak City
On a quiet sidewalk outside a coffee shop in Berkeley, California, Jon stood having a cigarette. A man from the coffee shop wearing boxing shoes and a Kangol hat stepped […]
Highlight: Pacific Northwest – The Rain Came
I must admit, I am an avid people watcher. Some days I look around and project personas on to people, insert dialogue into distant moving mouths, or just stare in […]
LIFE: REFORMATTED 