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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
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  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
  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


New Occupation: Used Car Salesman?:

Hey Team,

I’m strongly considering selling my car. It’s been sitting around somewhere in California for over a year now and in the intervening time two very important things have happened. 1) I’ve learned how to travel the entire country without my own mode of transportation and 2) I’ve ostensibly run out of money.

Here’s what I’m thinking. In these times of high gas prices do I even want a car when I get back? Granted my car gets pretty good gas mileage (about 33 MPG) but that just brings me to another point. For the first time ever used cars with high MPG ratings are actually appreciating. Why not capitalize on that?

And yes, I will probably need some form of transportation when I get back but motorcycles are so much cheaper AND more fuel-efficient. Not too mention I will more than likely be moving to either the LA or SF areas and have ready access to planet saving public transportation.

Further more, how nice would it be to finish the trip with some kind of monetary cushion that would give me some stress free time to find another occupation?

Well, what do you think? Did I convince you? Because I’m not sure if I’ve convinced myself yet.

Let me know what you think in the comment section!

Thanks, Team.

I’m done.

Brett.





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This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 at 10:03 am.

  • Sell that car. It's gayer than me. Get a real man car, like the Mercury Mariner Hybrid.
  • georgerocks
    According to Eddie Valiant Los Angeles has the best public transportation system in the world!
  • imfrog2002
    I'd say sell it. Not only are there good Public Transit systems out there, you can also get a scooter for $1250 (at least here in Utah) and they're street legal, with AMAZING gas mileage. I'm thinking about getting one myself. Either way, you can't lose. Go for it! :D
  • missannw
    Sell, sell, sell!!
  • @StabbyDSpeaker: Ouch. I like that car. It's tougher than I am...but I don't think it makes sense anymore.

    @georgerocks: You always know the right thing to say.

    @imfrog2002 & missanw: I think you guys are right...
  • just ilott
    I say start collecting cars! Buy Buy Buy! Everyone is selling cars to "save money" & "help the environment" nowadays - but do you really want to be a conformist, Brett? You know what happens to sheep - they either get skinned once, our sheared over and over and over. Think about that.
    Coincidentally, I have got some cars for sale, and I hear you are the Smart Guy that's about to invest in his first cash cow! mmmooooo is the new sound of money.
  • TheKendall
    Sell the girl's car and buy a man's truck. Something like an '88 Full-sized Bronco or whatever else you used to have when you drove a man's vehicle. With gas prices the way they are, someone might just give you one for free. Oh and, if you're still worried about recking the environment, convert it to run off of old cooking oil, which you can also get for free.
  • @TheKendall: Oh, how I miss The Beast...if only more people knew that story.
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