This is a guest post by Alyssa Padgett. She’s traveling to all fifty states filming a documentary about hourly employment, because well, she’s my wife. You can follow her blog at www.AlyssaPadgett.com. Nearly every time we meet people along the … Read More
written from our kitchen table & overlooking the Pacific Ocean off Highway 1 (Saturday June 21st) So much for packing small amounts of winter clothes. It’s not even July yet and I’m freezing my butt off in northern California. My … Read More
For those of you following along, here’s an update from state number five, the glorious state of California. We drove five hours from Las Vegas to Manhattan Beach, and while most of southern California is desert, approaching the coastline is a … Read More
The hardest part of anything is your first action item. It’s that first step that suddenly makes a project real and tactile and maybe a little bit more terrifying. If you never take that first step, it doesn’t have to … Read More
written from a little RV park outside of Las Vegas called Duck Creek I’ve been writing more and more over this past year and now I’m close to 1,500 words a day. It’s the best habit I’ve ever developed. With … Read More
written under a cabana next to the Oasis RV Resort pool in Las Vegas Alyssa and I have enjoyed our first couple weeks on the road. Life has been chaotic and we’re loving it. This past week as we made … Read More
Some of the earliest memories of my childhood are swimming lessons. I’m pretty sure my parents forced me through swimming lessons at least three times before I could swim without floaties. My older brother learned to jump off the deep … Read More
Written from a tiny Starbucks table in Las Vegas [stag_intro]Being on the road, there are a million and one things I could be worrying about right now. [/stag_intro] Finances, RV troubles, and any type of security just to name a … Read More
[stag_intro]Two months ago Alyssa and I had a minor freak out when our deal for buying a truck camper fell through. With just one short month before the wedding and our trip, we had no vehicle.[/stag_intro] I did my best … Read More
Ever so often, life hands you a perfect moment. In these moments, I wish I could stop time. Everything around me would freeze and a still silence would blanket me with the promise of something magical. This is how I … Read More