After all of the mountain living and quaint seashore towns, it was time to move on to the big cities. The big cities presented a major operational obstacle as we tried to figure out how we could get close enough to visit and still sleep in our camper. Just to make it fun, we started…
DetailsMuch like I did during our around the world trip, I plan to capture our spending details for our Great American Road Trip. Instead of tracking by country like I did before, I’ll track by month with similar categories: – Lodging: spending on nightly camping/resort fees – Restaurants: spending on “going out to eat” –…
DetailsAfter trekking through the Presidential Range in New Hampshire and getting pushed on by the cold weather, our next destination was Maine. Maine was an easy target from the beginning since it’s the most northeastern state in the US and it also has the only National Park in the northeast – Acadia National Park. How…
DetailsWe’ve all probably had a boss or two in our lives who we’d swear were psychopaths… you know the one who had an ability to make people cry on demand, never noticed your heroic effort and sacrificed puppies every Friday at lunch. Good news, you’re not crazy if you thought that because a recent study…
DetailsOnly until the recent centuries, humans have been driven by the seasons. This was especially true in nomadic societies where their survival was highly dependent on being at the right place at the right time. Even agrarian societies with permanent homes had to plan their lives around the seasons as the spring, summer and fall months…
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