Chelsea and I have decided to turn the blog into a straight up photography page for myself at this point. We were trying to figure out what to do with the site since we had finished the TAT more than a year ago! I will be posting photo essays and links to my Photography…
Category: Trans America Trail
Articles relating to the expedition.
The End of the Trail: Oregon, the Pacific Neverland
Read the whole article in Oi Magazine. Link: The Pacific Neverland …We ride to the coast through the Rogue-Umpqua wilderness which passes us off to the Siskiyou forest, creating a nearly uninterrupted path of verdant Douglas firs and Jurassic ferns. The antithesis of its cardinal East side, Western Oregon is a lush temperate rain forest where…
What are Your Needs?
Lately, we’ve been waking up so that we can use the hours to get closer to that book. Soon, it’ll be one dream over, but what will take it’s place? For the last segment of the TAT, Oregon, we will be sharing it when it is printed (*hint hint*) in December. In the meantime, please…
Nevada Part 3. The Great Basin and Range
After the Locke debacle, (more like one in a series of Locke events) we managed to salvage the rest of our time at Great Basin NP thanks to a park ranger who sneaked us into the last afternoon tour of Lehman Caves. Not-so-fun fact: the bats are dying. We became aware of this back at…
Nevada Part 2. The Ballad of Locke
It was runnin 6 o’ clock When out came chasin’ this good dog Locke He’s everything but the one I need ‘ Locke screams like a monkey And swallows like a piggy He’s everything but the one I need ‘ Curls up like a lap cat Perches on fences like a stone bat He’s everything…
Nevada Part 1. Art, Desert, and the Great Basin
Next stop, Great Basin National park! My idea of Nevada was more akin to the world in Roadwarrior, but with less bandits and feral children. Dry, dust, desert. While it was all of these things, there is more. A certain charm of its own and the people who live here. We first noticed this as…
Life and the Nevada/Utah Border Crossing
Sometimes life can get a bit overwhelming and you lose track of what means a lot to you. We haven’t had much time to work on our blog recently and its been a huge bummer. You’ll be sure to hear all about it in a later update! This part of the trip happens as we’re…
Utah 3. Have you Ever Slept in a Samurai?
The car, not the japanese warrior. Well I guess it could be considered that as well. I’ve heard the Suzuki samurai be compared to a sardine can, and it truly feels like it when you cram two humans, and two human sized dogs in it. The Truck is barely long enough to even stretch your…
Utah Part 2. Adventure is When Everything Goes Wrong
If you get caught in a thunderstorm you should crouch down on the balls of your feet with your heels touching. Or, take shelter in your car. You should not, however, get your jeans snagged on a root on top of a canyon and think “Damn, this is it. This is how I get struck…
Utah Part 1. Before the Storm
I’ve been having nightmares. I dreamt about circles of blood and feathers, about what would’ve happened if grizzlies found that delicious trap of blueberries and sausages, and about the apathetic and hostile faces of hunters who wanted us out. Rob said I kept mumbling in my sleep, something about “deep tracks, deep tracks.” Our last…
Colorado: New Perspectives
The San Juan forest and the mountains wind down around us, from mountains to mole hills. My head really starts to wrap around what we are doing with this journey. I had left Philadelphia only a month ago, never having driven on a dirt road before the trip, let alone traverse mountain passes. My learning…
Colorado Part 3. What do we Say to the God of the Mountains? Not Today.
We did not pay heed to your messenger warning us, no, challenging us, that we would die out at 11,000ft! We met at your gate upon Cinnamon Pass and we admit that we rode clumsily and slow – rocking, swerving, and wheezing like an asthmatic. We confess that we were scared and even thought about…
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