So it doesn’t take a member of the Brain Trust to know that I’m not much a fan of deserts. I say this from both a pragmatic standpoint (wind-blown dust is a major, major problem I’ve had to work around on this trip) and from a philosophical standpoint, in that a still lake in a…

Oh Zion, Oh Zion, you plush and wonderful boudoir, If I slept in the warmth of your bed for one-thousand years, And awoke still before your gleaming dawn, I would wait one-thousand years more for the morning light, Just to see the flickers of the day drift in, Oh Zion, how beautiful you make the…

And now we reach what is, beyond the slimmest shadow of a doubt, the coolest shit I have seen on this entire roadtrip. (Also Happy Belated Birthday to my best friend in the whole wide world, Andrew Glenn 💙; I know you’ve been reading up on Native American history recently so I hope you like…

Hi everyone! It’s official; I’ve spent one full month on the road! 31 days ago was April 18th, the first full day of my road trip (I actually left DC the evening of the 17th, and really 4 weeks on the road was just on Tuesday but I am keeping things flexible because I am…

Dear friends and family, My journey continues! Apologies for the delayed update, I will explain the reasons I am slowly devolving into a webcomic artist’s pacing of updates below (Dumbing of Age and its garbage notwithstanding, Spence). So my original plan after leaving Taos was to meander west along US-64 to Mesa Verde and the…

Guys. Guys! GUYS! WE ARE SLEEPING ON NEW MEXICO!!! How have we never heard about how incredible this state is? I’m telling the truth when I say that New Mexico is a state about which I knew nothing before this trip. I can spout off state capitals and histories and the national parks therein of…

Hi friends, I’ve found over this road trip, and knew from my last, that flexibility is key to having a good time. When you look up a booking for a national park and everything is full, you say “that’s fine, I’m flexible” and you look for a state park. When the rain is coming down…

Dear friends and family, The adventure across the country continues! I am happy to announce that in the week since my last update, I have crossed both the 1000 and 2000 mile marks into my trip. I have done much rambling, and I plan to do much more! The past week was a whirlwind of…

Before I left on this trip, my friend Meredith warned me: “be careful! 5 months is a long way to be away from all of your friends!” And she was right! 5 months of solitude uninterrupted is a lot of time to spend in your own head, in a tent, in some unknown forest in…

IT’S HAPPENNNIIIINNNNNGGGGGG!!!!!!!!! THE ROAD TRIP HAS FINALLY BEGUN!!!!!!!! Ladies, Gentlemen, and Distinguished Guests Unaffiliated! I am on the road! I am whitecaps on the sea! I am ribbons in the wind, I am jumping and dancing and tumbling and I am free! As all these things I am directed in just one way: forward! Forward…