Category: Stories

Why Following Your Dream Is The Easiest Way To Ruin Your Life

Why Following Your Dream Is The Easiest Way To Ruin Your Life Why Following Your Dream Is The Easiest Way To Ruin Your Life

Doing something you love for too long can leave you in a pickle. Doing something you “love” for too long can leave you in even more of a pickle. I won’t go too deep into my life story, but I just need to first say that sometimes we are so driven to find our dream […]

Get Lost In Ireland: Summer Road Trip Inspiration and Tips

Get Lost In Ireland: Summer Road Trip Inspiration and Tips

  Ireland is arguably one of the most picture-perfect summer road trip destinations. Come to Ireland to see breathtaking scenery, come for the friendly people, come if you want to slow down and get lost in the beauty of the simpler things in life: a cup of morning tea with fresh milk, a stroll through […]

Why You Should Absolutely Travel After a Breakup

Why You Should Absolutely Travel After a Breakup travel after a breakup

I’ve traveled to over thirty cities in three different countries in the last six months. When I started this traveling adventure in January, it came fresh off of a break-up. Yep, you heard me right, a break-up. For the one person reading this that has never experienced a breakup, this is a moment in anyone’s […]

Review: Ecuador Freedom Bike Rental – Self Guided Chocolate & Cloud Forest Tour

Review: Ecuador Freedom Bike Rental – Self Guided Chocolate & Cloud Forest Tour Bike-stop-quito-ecuador

Memorial day 2017 for most people meant burgers and brews in a close friends backyard. Memorial day for us was 8,000 miles away on the back of a motorcycle surrounded by clouds on top of a mountain. We heard that purring through the mountains of Ecuador on a bike was a bucket list item people take […]

Part 5: Adventures in Sumatra, Indonesia

Part 5: Adventures in Sumatra, Indonesia

Himbit arrived at our house un summoned, per usual, around 8am. It was time for the cookout. This cookout was different  than your typical BBQ, because we were capturing the chicken and killing it ourselves. Couping the Coop This was actually our second day attempting the cookout, because yesterday Himbit had been unable to “capture […]

Part 2: Adventures in Sumatra, Indonesia

Part 2: Adventures in Sumatra, Indonesia Samosir Village

We woke up at 8 to catch the 9am ferry. Everyone was up so early; the market was in full swing. What had been dark and deserted the night before now was filled with vibrant colours and shouting. The Ferry to Samosir We were playing a guitar out front and eating some fried rice for breakfast. […]

Part 1: Adventures in Sumatra, Indonesia

Part 1: Adventures in Sumatra, Indonesia

Making our Way to Lake Toba From Medan “Taxi you need taxi?” said the stranger outside the terminal. My travel partner, Harrison, and I had just touched down in North Sumatra. I said “We need a ride to Tuktuk.” We were heading to the world’s largest volcanic lake – Lake Toba. It sits on the […]

Interview: Riding a Motorcycle Around the World with Patrick Harris

Interview: Riding a Motorcycle Around the World with Patrick Harris

Introduction On July 5th, 2013 Patrick Harris left his home in Denver, Colorado heading east on a motorcycle; 636 days later he rode in from the west. He had just finished riding his motorcycle around the entire world stopping in over 25 countries. From the canals of Amsterdam, to the grassy hills of rural Indonesia, and the aborigine […]