Amtrekker
Hey Team,
I’m an unemployed vagrant. All I have is a backpack full of technology, a shoestring budget and a very important list. When everything is crossed off my list I get to go home! Let me know if you want to trade one of those shoestrings for help. brett@amtrekker.com
See where
Amtrekker's been for the last 316 days.
See where Amtrekker's been for the last 316 days.

  1. Tube down a river
  2. Ride a horse through a covered bridge
  3. Sleep in a lighthouse
  4. Learn survival skills
  5. Enter a hot dog eating contest
  6. Walk to the top of the Empire State Building
  7. See a live taping of The Colbert Report
  8. See a game at Fenway Park
  9. Milk a cow on an Amish farm
  10. Wade through a cranberry bog
  11. Go into a coal mine
  12. Take part in a Civil War reenactment
  13. Race dirt bikes
  14. Make Moonshine
  15. Hitchhike
  16. Learn to Sail
  17. Try my hand at kiteboarding
  18. Pet a sloth
  19. Help out on a plantation
  20. Learn to run a 3 card monte game
  21. Tell Donald Trump "You're Fired."
  22. Be a guest on a talk show
  23. Hang gliding
  24. Be part of a stage illusion
  25. Be in a movie
  26. Experience Comic Con
  27. Go on a lobster boat
  28. Scuba dive in the Atlantic
  29. Drive a race car
  30. Go to an obscure small town festival
  31. River kayak
  32. Geocache in all 48 contiguous states
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  33. Collect honey from a beehive
  34. Scale the lowest highest point in a state
  35. Arkansas Crater of diamonds state park and look for a diamond
  36. Ride the fastest roller coaster in the country
  37. Go through a hedge maze
  38. Catch a firefly
  39. Motorcycle Rally
  40. Ride a cow
  41. Sandboarding
  42. Ride an ostrich
  43. Create a crop circle
  44. Fly fishing
  45. Swamp boat ride with gators
  46. See a movie at the Alamo Draft House
  47. Tour the Crayola Factory
  48. Ben and Jerry's Flavor Graveyard
  49. See a Freak Show
  50. Hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
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#7 See a Live Taping of The Colbert Report! [podcast]TASTHIB - Boston Marathon Madness!#36 Ride the Fastest Roller Coaster in the Country! [podcast]#44 Fly-Fishing! [podcast]#45 Swamp Boat Ride With Gators!#34 Scale the Lowest Highest Point in a State [podcast]

Beards, Blunders and BBQs: Hey Team, It’s been a fun-filled week of catching up with family and friends as I pass through the First Place State. And it’s an incredible pick-me-up to see all of the people that have been so close to me for so long and to hear that they support everything I’m doing. Plus, I’m crazy stoked […]    read more
Passenger Diversity: Hey Team, It’s impossible to ride a Greyhound without being thoroughly entertained intrigued by the people around you and today was a particularly great day for passenger diversity. To my left were a couple old men who seemed to be happy chatting with each other for the entire five-hour ride to Los Angeles. I didn’t listen in […]    read more
The Secret: Hey Team, Since I ended up spending too much time around my mom today to actually finish the Mother’s Day card I was hoping to make I’ll instead just have to regale you with an important lesson that I learned earlier in the week. I think I already mention this…if not I guess I could just mention […]    read more
Mega-Bust: Hey Team, Why don’t you just go ahead and tuck yourself in and I’ll tell you a little bedtime story. If you’re trying to get to Los Angeles from San Francisco the SMART thing to do would be to buy a bus or train ticket, show up on time and roll out Autobot style. For some reason, […]    read more
Viewer Mail Podcast: Hey Team, At least it’s not as late as last week! Here it is…the first ever Amtrekker Viewer Mail episode! Loading… And here’s the YouTube link! Thanks a TON everyone! I’m done. Brett. If you like the podcasts feel free to donate! Don’t let me stop you.    read more
Cause of Death: Hanging Out: Hey Team, I was really hoping I could get caught up on my emails before I got around to writing the next post. But there’s no way that’s going to happen if you guys still want to know what’s what in the non-stop thrill ride of Amtrekker-ing. I spent most of yesterday answering those same emails (largely […]    read more
#7 See a Live Taping of The Colbert Report! [podcast]: Hey Team, It’s HERE! Wait no longer! Amtrekker travels to New York to see a live taping of The Colbert Report but his podcast is foiled when security takes away his video camera! What are they hiding from America! Canned laughter ensues. Loading… Annnd, here’s the YouTube link! Thanks! I’m done. Brett. If you like the podcasts feel free to donate! Don’t let me stop […]    read more
Internet Superstar: Hey Team, The live Internet Superstar/Diggnation show on Wednesday was a blast. As it so happened I ended up being the first guest on the show and showed up to Mighty in San Francisco JUST as my phone died so there wasn’t much in the way of twittering going on. Maybe you wouldn’t think it (or maybe […]    read more
Podcast Heads Up: Hey Team, Just a quick heads up. The podcast will be coming out on Friday this week thanks to all the intense madness that Good Morning America has rained down on the head of this one-man band. But it should be a good one. In other news the live Internet Superstar and Diggnation is tonight at Mighty […]    read more
Mid-flight Rescues: Hey Team, It looks like I survived another airline adventure. Narrowly dodging a grizzly fate and three-dollar Cinnamon Toast Crunch. My “day” actually started in Boston about three days ago but you kids have already heard some of that so we’ll just skip ahead: I was waiting for the bus to LaGuardia on a street corner in Queens […]    read more