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Physical State of Matt #6: COLORADO
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...


Emotional State of Matt #7: OVERWHELMED
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... ...


Physical State of Matt #5: UTAH
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...


Emotional State of Matt #6: HISTORIC
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...


Emotional State of Matt #5: CHALLENGED
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,...


Emotional State of Matt #4: SPONTANEOUS
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...
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