When I tell people my story I start to realize that I must enjoy living on transportation. I spent 2 years practically living on a bus and nearly 4 years living on a ship. Maybe one day I’ll have a private plane I can live out of! I would actually […]
I’d heard of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. I knew it was somewhere near Altoona. I knew there had been a flood there. I knew some of my childhood television stations were broadcast from there. The End. I honestly didn’t know anything about the flood. When was it? Why did it happen? How […]
Part of what inspired me to commit to this National Park Challenge was the fact that I’m surrounded by so many parks, but I had so far been unwilling to go see them. Many parks are just a few miles out of my normal routes, and yet I was too […]
Thomas Jefferson is my favorite Founding Father. Is that weird that I have a favorite Founding Father? But what’s not to like? He’s a traveler, a writer, a lawyer, a statesman, a politician, a gadget man, an architect, a gardener, an education advocate, a reader…the list literally goes on and […]
I’d been telling everyone I was going to see the Appomattox Court House. The southern surrender to end the Civil War was signed in the court house of Appomattox, VA right? Wrong! Appomattox Court House is the name of the town that served as the county seat of Appomattox County. […]
Booker T. Washington. I remember his name from school, but like so many other names, stories, and facts I can no longer recall all of the details. But the information at the “Booker T. Washington National Monument” in Virginia would fill in my knowledge gaps. Washington was born on this […]
On August 26, 2015 the National Park Service will turn 100. Is it crazy to try to see 100 National Parks by the time NPS turns 100? It might be. But I’m going to give it a try anyway. I never paid much attention to National Parks while I was […]
Monday, June 30, 2014 marked one full year on land after ships. It’s a day I honestly didn’t know if I would ever see. One year ago I was completely overwhelmed. I had accepted a job on land, five hours from my family, and I had three weeks to put […]
I thought for sure I posted this video here two years ago, but I couldn’t find it today. In honor of the Cannes Film Festival currently taking place, here’s the video that Andrew Kamphey and I made when we were there a couple years ago. https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/RvSDTS4SL_E&source=uds
I thought for sure I posted this video here two years ago, but I couldn’t find it today. In honor of the Cannes Film Festival currently taking place, here’s the video that Andrew Kamphey and I made when we were there a couple years ago.
Yesterday morning I posted on Facebook that I was off to Europe. Sorry to those of you who feel tricked, but I was really off to “EU in the US.” The EU Embassies hold an open house on the Saturday closest to Europe Day (May 9). I’d never been in […]
Cheese. That was all I knew about Wisconsin when I started on this trip. I like cheese. The transitive property says I would like Wisconsin. I don’t typically like places that are rainy and cold – but I’m sensible enough to know that this may not be the normal weather. Despite […]