A Week Before Christmas: The Second Annual Santa Pub Crawl went down last Saturday night to another raging success. You can never understand, without being there, what a small army of Santas can do to a bar or just a common city street; horns honked, crowds parted, shots were bought, beer flowed and we must [...]
After Not Dying in Death Valley: I did the unthinkable and decided to test my mettle by living in Southern California without a car, with the intent being on trying to lower my personal carbon footprint (and saving on gas/insurance). Last Saturday I sold my car and now my primary form of transport is Moanahh [...]
Day: 341 Today was pretty routine for being in a National Park; driving around visiting Scotty’s Castle, doing some hiking in Titus Canyon and scrambling over the dune filled desert. Once again the sun hit the horizon far to early and we were left to wander about in the dark until we became tired.
Day: 340 Waking up slightly before our 11am check out, slightly hungover, Daniel and I quickly gathered our stuff and headed back to the Hybrid to get to Death Valley. The plan was to get there, find a camp, do a little exploring, and wander aimlessly in the dark when the sun goes down. A [...]
Day: 339 It must have started as a small child. At the age of four or five my Grandmother took me on my first road trip alone with her across California, into Nevada, and finally into Utah to visit relatives whose houses always smelled awkward. This was my first trip to a casino (which of [...]
