How to Tell if a Friendship is Real: Testing for Resonance (A True Story)
When it comes to creating strong connections: Resonance is everything. While common values, similar interests, or a similar sense of…
Travel Essays
Why to visit Madison’s Tenney Park in the Winter (A Photo Essay)
Crisp. Blue. Clear. It had been three months since I’d returned from my West Coast Adventure. Three months of Not…
How to Pack Your Backpack like Chuck Norris (Efficient Rolling Clothes Method)
Let’s face it, packing is a skill. And today, I’m going to show you how to upgrade it. Have you…
A Final Manifestation: Wandering Chicago & Journals from an Epic 175 Day Adventure
Today is an especially auspicious day, for today is the completion of the story of my West Coast Adventure. That’s…
Craigslist Miracle: A Rideshare from Heaven
Miracles still happen, even in November. Perhaps especially in November. While I wouldn’t say November is an especially good time…
How I Carpooled for Free over Utah’s Martian Desert Landscape
Without some form of proof, you might not believe this part of my story. Before dawn, my carpool partner picked…
Red Rock Canyon Natl. Conservation Area Review: 3 Unmissable Sights
Before I visited Las Vegas, I thought that the red rocks I'd seen in Denver were the most alien landscape…
A Strange Desert Flower (Traveller Poem)
The desert can change you. If you let it. Even though it was nearly November when I arrived in Las…
Las Vegas Strip Review: Venetian, Bellagio Fountains & An Ancient Carved Tusk
Often when I travel, events work out so well (and so elegantly) that they would have been impossible to plan…
San Jose Bike Party Review: An Unparalleled Cycling Experience (with donuts!)
What happens when you combine 4,000 cyclists, over 30 miles of road, and free donuts? Bike Party. If you haven't…