Click…beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep: Hey Team, It was looking pretty dicey for a while there. I showed up in West Palm Beach without any kind of plan and with no place to stay. What was I thinking? Excellent question. If I come up with an excellent answer I’ll let you know. Regardless, a couch surfer swooped in at crunch-time and saved […]    read more

A Day in the Life: Hey Team, Here’s a quick look at a day in the life of the Amtrekker. Specifically yesterday. In Raleigh. I hate Raleigh. As always, if that doesn’t work…here’s the youtube link. I’m done. Brett. Welcome to the wonderful world of the kindness of strangers: Why NOT be a kind stranger?    read more

Rambling and Ranting: Hey Team, This may be the most indecisive I’ve been so far on this trip. I’m en route but still haven’t decided exactly where I’m en route too. I’m sitting on a bench in Greensboro, NC right now. At 9:21am I board a train for Raleigh and I have a ticket that leaves for Orlando later […]    read more

#23 Hang gliding! [Podcast]: Hey Team, Here’s that new podcast I’ve been promising. I’m trying something a little different this time so I can keep track of the stats a little easier. It should load on its own. Play button should be in the bottom left. But you might need quicktime, so if it doesn’t load on its own click […]    read more

Chatta…who what now?: Hey Team, The last couple days have been a whirlwind of southern hospitality, baseball and inner tubes. Since being in Georgia for the first time ever I’ve already had peach cobbler with dinner twice (both made with California peaches), seen a Braves game and tubed down the Chattahooche River (Yep! Number one is a goner!). An itinerary?! I […]    read more

On The Way Down Yonder: Hey Team, I never realized how much I appreciated rail travel until JUST now. The train I had planned on taking down to Atlanta today was sold out, and so here I am sitting on a bus waffling between emotions as far ranging as frustrated-beyond-belief and bored-out-of-my-mind (and uncomfortable…is uncomfortable an emotion?). So far I’ve returned all […]    read more

I hang glid (…hang glided…hang glode?): Hey Team, “So, all this talk about how cool hang gliding was and how incredible the folks at Highland Aerosports were…what’s the whole story?” Wow, thanks for asking! I didn’t know you cared so much, Disembodied-Voice-of-the-Masses. Here it is! I wandered into the pilots lounge at the airport shortly after my run in with the five-oh and met […]    read more

Click it and Ticket: Hey Team, Yesterday got off to an inauspicious start. I was dropped off in a little town called Ridgley, Maryland. Apparently the police in Ridgley, MD “Don’t take kindly to people walking around airports with cameras.” Or so I was told…by the policeman who pulled over to tell me so. “You know, people don’t take kindly to […]    read more

No Air Time: Hey Team, I’m a big fan of being around people in general…but I especially like being around large groups of people who have a lot in common with each other and nothing in common with me. Those are always guaranteed learning experiences. And this weekend was no exception. It’s amazing how much you can learn about […]    read more

Glidin’ Seek: Hey Team, I’m was just in Woodstock, Virginia for the first half of a two day hang gliding festival. So far no luck finding someone that can take me up. Apparently it takes a larger glider and a special certification to fly tandem. There’s still hope for tomorrow but the odds aren’t great…then again I’ve gotten […]    read more