Category Archives for United States
Settling Down in Salida, Colorado
You might recall an article I wrote recently, The Struggles of an Un-American Dreamer, where I explained my desires to live a life outside of the norm. To screw the nine to five, the white-picket fence
Continue readingTraveling Through Time on the Narrow Gauge Railroad
The picture in my head is so perfectly clear: it’s the late 1880’s and the miners pile onto the train with supplies in hand and a hope to strike it big in the prosperous mining town of Silverton. The
Continue readingForced to Face my Fears at the Captain Zipline Aerial Park
I look down and my toes are hanging over the edge of the platform. The yellow sign next to me indicates this is the beginners course, yet I can’t stop my knees from trembling. I’ve been zip-lining
Continue readingHow To Catch Scallops…A Hometown Post
We often get many questions on the mysterious topic surrounding travel blogging… How to get started, what to write about, how to make money etc. As the saying goes, you don’t know what you
Continue readingThe Struggles of an Un-American Dreamer
It’s amazing what one year outside of the US will teach you. You will learn things about yourself you never knew. Your priorities will change. Your standards will lower. You will grow into someone
Continue readingTraveling The World: A Black Swan Event
Why should you travel? In my opinion, it’s a Black Swan Event. What the hell is a Black Swan Event? No, it has nothing to do with that silly movie. The logic goes much deeper than a dancing comp...
Continue readingThe Time We Were Almost Reality TV Stars
Take note of the word almost. What we thought was a long shot when we originally applied for our favorite television show 4 months ago, became very close to reality a few weeks ago. That is until our
Continue readingCalifornia Dreamin’: Driving the Pacific Coast Highway
As we were recalling our favorite moments from 2013, we nearly skipped right over our time in California. It seemed like years ago thinking about all that has happened since, but it was in fact April that
Continue reading2013 Recap and Our Hopes for the New Year
As we kiss 2013 goodbye, we take a few moments to reflect on our favorite moments from the past year and our goals for the upcoming year. We wanted to share this with you as we will continue to track our
Continue readingGoodbye USA, Sawasdee Ka Thailand!
After we sold all of our possessions and all of the work was behind us, our friends and family threw us some rockin’ going away parties. Round 1 took place in downtown St Pete. We started off the
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