Shorter posts, made more frequently: trip reports, travel information, gear lists, philisophical discussions, and lifestyle topics.
Perhaps the greatest art museum of the American midwest, the Nelson-Atkins in Kansas City offers tickets at a suprising price.…
Week three on the road. Come discover a gem of Kansas City, a road-trip villa, and the loneliest camprgound in America.…
This week we exlopre the greater phisiophical school Thoreau's ideas aligned with: Transcendentialism.…
Part Two About Thoreau In order to understand Thoreau’s ideas, we need to understand a bit about the man himself. Henry David Thoreau is the patron saint of American philosophical hippies (Lao Tzu probably holds the international title). For…
The Choo Choo Leaving Prentice Cooper State Forest, I descended through the hills around Chattanooga and blasted up past Nashville; Kentucky bound. And yes, before you ask, I did see the famed Choo Choo in Chatinooga. However, Rona-guilt bared…
It began with a job offer. The position, in South Korea, wouldn’t start until February. It was September. And as with any gap in employment, I lusted over the opportunity for extended travel.…
What would Henry David Thoreau think of Van Life? Lets find out as we begin to explore this question in part one of our series.…
If you take the northern, scenic route from Boston, MA to Long Lake, NY (and stubbornly, I always do), the billboards disappear entirely once you cross the Connecticut River between New Hampshire and Vermont. There are few clearer indications…
I've lived in Winston-Salem for the past month and a half and got do a lot in town. Find out what I think is the best free activity availible.…
Svaneti is the top trekking destination for tourists in Georgia. This is not to say it’s the best, but it is the most accessible. Even visitors who aren’t trekkers will visit this region to see the famed Svan Towers…