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 506 days.
See where Amtrekker's been for the last 506 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
    Profile for Amtrekker
  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


California Bum:

Hey Team,

I’ve had a great few days in Southern California! The weather has been pretty nice and I’ve had some consistently good company to kill time with as I wait for my parents to make the trip down. As far as I know the current plan is for my folks to pick me up and take me to the wonderful world of Kerman, CA for Christmas with the family without going home (Which again begs the question…what’s home? I’ll try to do a better job of answering that question in the next day or two.)

But for the last few days I’ve managed to stay entertained if not busy crossing things off the list. The first half of the week (as opposed to the one day I said it would be…sorry) was spent with my friend, Dan, an accomplished commercial director and fellow podcaster who taught me a ton about editing and reintroduced me to the glory of video games. I seriously couldn’t thank him enough for all the help he offered.

Mostly though I just feel like a shmuck for tooling around California without a plan for the next few days. Especially since any work I’ve been doing has been behind the scenes and doesn’t necessarily contribute to the list. BUT, it does mean you guys might see some exciting new stuff happening in the near future. Wish me luck.

Final note: I went to see Enchanted at the El Capitan yesterday. I have three things to say.

1. The first twenty minutes are pretty grating and made me think, “Oh man, what have I gotten myself into.”

2. The rest of the movie was brilliant!

3. I think I’d like to marry Amy Adams…does anyone have her phone number or email?

I’m done.

Brett.

3 Comments »

  1. mmmmm :) Isn’t California lovely?

    Comment by Jess — December 24, 2007 @ 1:34 am

  2. Once a Californian…..always a Californian. Where else can you see mountains, desert and ocean in the same day?

    Comment by imageranch — December 29, 2007 @ 4:13 pm

  3. Oregon :P Man, I miss the west coast … even you crazy Californians

    Comment by Chelz — January 13, 2008 @ 5:55 pm

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