Hobo Lifestyle

After several hours of beautiful, winding roads we were hopping out of the little shuttle bus in Pereira. We were bound for Salento. Maril…

South America had eluded me for years, I felt drawn to it, but never quite made the plunge. Three times before I'd come close, or at l…

A bus rolled me on down from DC to South Carolina, 2am to 6am I spent in a diner clinging to awakedness, then finally a connecting bus rol…

I hopped off a bus in a sun rising Chinatown less than a week into 2015 after having spent the eve in Indiana with Marilyn, this was my fi…

After spending Christmas with my family in Wyoming, Marilyn and I were getting back on the road, eastbound for New Years. I was considerin…

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Sierra Nevada is one of the best breweries on the planet on a…

We had a thousand mile journey ahead of us for the upcoming Christmas holiday, myself dressed like Santa, Marilyn as an elf; Jackson Hole,…

Marilyn and I sat at the bar in Vegas, our new friend finally peeling himself away from the madness and making his way to the airport and …

Hell, I don't even know if I'm technically allowed in Nevada anymore, but it's hard to say no to a good time.

Anyone who's…

Another harvest season was in the books, my pockets were full and more adventures were ahead as always. My next move was to rendezvous wit…

Over the years traveling I've picked up various odd jobs, like helping in breweries or pretending to be a ski instructor, but the most…

The last time I'd met her parents was over a year ago preceding our first summer trip together. It hadn't gone well.

Not knowing a…

We waited out the rain for a little bit, sipping coffee with a couple we'd only met the night before in a brewery that decided to put …

In the summer of 2013 Michele (or "Marilyn") got three months off work to come and hitch around with me. This is a pretty conden…

Travel magic is all too common on the road, not to be taken for granted, but an ever present possibility arising in forms of unexpected pl…

Marilyn and I packed up from a few days on the river at the Hitch Gathering, now hiking up to the road to get moving again. Our idea now w…

I went to the first annual North American Hitch Gathering in 2010, there was a grand total of four of who went camping in the woods just o…

My friend dropped off towards the south side of Bend, Oregon where I was now poised to start hitchhiking on down to Chico. Marilyn would b…

My next destination was one of my favorites, Jackson Hole, Wyoming. To make things more interesting, my mom would be moving there soon fro…

We hitched our first ride nearly instantly, it wasn't going far, but it was going south. Marilyn and I had woken up in Bellingham that…

This is a simple hack to make a universal adapter about as small as possible. I used the REI Universal Adapter Plug Kit and using just a sc…