Continuing my tour of national parks, I planned a roundabout route to Boulder so I could hit two out of the three in Colorado. BLACK...

As I sat on the kitchen floor crying, picking through every slimy piece of trash one by one, it hit me: I may have taken on too much......

If Nevada’s desert beauty dazzled me, Utah’s knocked me out. I didn't have a specific place in mind to stay in Utah, but I did know it...

I sat in the back corner of the Choctaw Casino in Idabel, Oklahoma choking down a country-fried steak akin to wet cardboard smothered in...

This past December I got my first tattoo to commemorate the beginning of this trip and the new mindset I have adopted for life. “Yes,...

I had originally planned to start this trip after my divorce was finalized, but my landlord needed to move back into his condo so I lost...

Driving the full 550+ miles from Twin Falls to Death Valley in one shot would have been grueling, so I looked for a place to stop in the...

My third state up was Idaho. Why Idaho next? Rather than continue down the west coast, I wanted to save California for the end of the...

I have always been a very private person. My limited use of social media has been to get news updates and to find silly memes when I need...

Dropping just one state south, Oregon was my next stop. I moved to Portland three years ago with my ex. It was, after a combined 31 years...

This trip, and specifically this week’s destination of Coos Bay, was inspired by two people who are no longer with us. The overall trip...

I started my trip in the easiest state - the one I was already living in. Despite having lived in Vancouver, WA for six months, I hadn’t...

Disappointed in Myself My trip did not kick off with fireworks and confetti. Rather, with disorientation, a dopamine deficiency, and...

After the separation from my wife, I found my new, temporary home in Vancouver, Washington not to be confused with Vancouver, British...

I have decided to begin this trip on Feb 10th, the first day of the Chinese New Year - the year of the dragon (like me), which is less...

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