Last weekend I recorded a podcast with a former co-worker talking about travel, politics, and crafting an adventurous life. Weaving somewhat diverse topics from my background into a common thread made for a fun discussion with Eric, and I hope you enjoy listening to it…
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It was a little hard to leave the charm of Oaxaca, but the excitement of seeing one of the world’s two “petrified” waterfalls (the other is in Turkey) encouraged us to get back on the road. Driving amongst the beautiful countryside and agave farms, we…
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With revived spirits, having just made new friends, we were a little sad to leave Ernesto and Taisa behind to replace one of their spare tires in Mazatlan as we immediately made our way south from the ferry terminal, but we had close friends from…
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Memo’s life resembles the plot of a Steven Soderbergh film… only this film doesn’t star George Clooney, Brad Pitt, or Matt Damon. The star of this film is a short, round, boisterous Mexican hotel valet manager named Guillermo, but like all his friends you can…
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Finally crossing our first international border made us feel like the trip was really starting. At a friend’s suggestion we crossed at Tecate in order to hit the Baja’s Valle de Guadalupe wine region. Admittedly, I’m a bit of a wine snob, palate-wise, but I…
no commentKim and I met up with some of the awesome Mercy Corps Seattle staff last night for a glass of wine and shared our progress with them. We’re 25% over our initial goal and they were thrilled! In other news, I just ordered our TerraPass…
no commentYou did it! Last week your donations met and then surpassed our original $1000 goal to raise for Mercy Corps! We are meeting with them this week to share our progress and report your generous donations. By how much more can we exceed our original…
no commentIt’s hard to believe it’s been nearly two years since I was boarding a plane to London to purchase two Fiat Puntos that would transport our team of 6 to Mongolia. The Mongol Rally was such a huge undertaking… fund raisers, international vehicle purchasing, camping…
no commentEight years after our first journey around Europe Kim and I are making a rare *return* trip to a place we’ve already been to! A couple of them even. When friends of ours announced they were going to be married in Spain we jumped at…
no commentTo follow up Kim’s post about what we can all do to help out the situation in Tibet… we called and emailed our representatives and senators and now there is legislation drafted in the US Senate for action to be taken! I haven’t read the…
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