Archive for September, 2007
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- July 2007 (17)
- 02: The Update (1)
- 04: Security Resistant Terrorists (0)
- 06: Philadelphia – The Good (2)
- 08: Philadelphia – The Bad (1)
- 08: Philadelphia – The Ugly (0)
- 09: Boston Uncommons (0)
- 10: Lancaster…no! Superfuncaster! (1)
- 11: Been There Milked That (0)
- 12: Spare Change (0)
- 13: A Californian in a Connecticut Yankee’s Court (2)
- 16: Which way? Fenway (1)
- 17: Pre-sliced American Cheese (3)
- 23: 66% Hitched (5)
- 25: California Screamin’ (1)
- 26: Comics are for Kids…and Amtrekkers (0)
- 29: Comic Comic Con (10)
- 31: I’m Not a Dad but I Play One on TV (10)
- August 2007 (14)
- 02: One’s Company (3)
- 05: The Podcast Cometh (2)
- 06: Less Than Amazing Race (3)
- 08: Gardening and Entering (8)
- 13: I Got Screwed…The Other Guy Got Nailed (4)
- 16: Niagara Falls…on my head (1)
- 19: Trojan Kayaks (8)
- 20: I Don’t Scream, But I Do Cry. (3)
- 21: Amtrak Mathamagicians (6)
- 22: Ins-N-Outs of Providence (7)
- 27: Boston T Parties (2)
- 28: Beercast?! (5)
- 29: I Love Couch…Not Lamp (3)
- 31: Male PMS (9)
- September 2007 (17)
- 02: I Think The Needle’s Stuck (2)
- 04: God Bless Hamerica (9)
- 05: Flying Fire and Fireflies (4)
- 07: Bee Careful What You Wish For (10)
- 08: Huckleberry Amtrekker (4)
- 11: Train-ed to Destroy (1)
- 13: Mmm…rBGH (3)
- 15: Glidin’ Seek (0)
- 17: No Air Time (6)
- 19: Click it and Ticket (10)
- 20: I hang glid (…hang glided…hang glode?) (9)
- 21: On The Way Down Yonder (4)
- 25: Chatta…who what now? (4)
- 26: #23 Hang gliding! [Podcast] (1)
- 27: Rambling and Ranting (1)
- 28: A Day in the Life (1)
- 29: Click…beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep (2)
- October 2007 (24)
- 01: The Other Orange County (4)
- 02: Tubing down the Chattahoochee! [Podcast] (5)
- 04: Go Fly Zone (8)
- 05: Quick Miami U Update (2)
- 06: Slo-Mo (9)
- 08: If you knock me on my butt, do I not bleed? (3)
- 09: #18 Pet a sloth [podcast] (6)
- 11: I Don’t Stand for Pedophiles (6)
- 13: How long?! (7)
- 14: Power Rangers Can’t Putt (5)
- 16: Train Travel FTW (3)
- 17: TASTHIB – Urban Golf [podcast] (8)
- 18: Whose life is it anyway? (1)
- 20: I Swung Danced [video] (5)
- 21: Fish out of water(…and into retaw?) (4)
- 21: #9 – Tales from the Wayback Machine. [podcast] (8)
- 23: The Green Kid (4)
- 25: Broken News (3)
- 25: #39 Motorcycle rally [podcast] (5)
- 27: I Think I Stepped in Knowledge (2)
- 28: Should’ve Listened to Detective Thorn (0)
- 29: I Flunked Hitchhiking [podcast] (7)
- 30: I Will Survive. Hey, Hey. (1)
- 31: Last Minute Costume Idea (3)
- November 2007 (24)
- 01: Which Town? [updated with pictures!] (8)
- 02: All That Jazz (3)
- 03: The Past Colors Memories of the Future (3)
- 03: Color Me Excited (0)
- 04: Mister Rogers Would Be Proud (6)
- 05: Salem, Massachusetts Halloween [podcast!] (3)
- 07: Salute Your Shorts (3)
- 08: Now What? (5)
- 09: Ode to Amtrekker (10)
- 10: You digg it? (2)
- 12: Update (1)
- 13: #47 Tour the Crayola Factory [podcast] (10)
- 15: Lobster Bucket (9)
- 16: Not The Most Beautiful Thing (3)
- 17: Give The Little Guy A Chance (3)
- 19: Enough Wading Already (5)
- 20: #27 Go on a lobster boat [podcast] (8)
- 22: Thanks for Giving (7)
- 23: Aggietrekker (0)
- 24: Fiamingo Family Thanksgiving (1)
- 26: Cranberries and Pennsylvanians [video] (12)
- 28: Just One of Those Days (10)
- 29: Don’t Forget to Smile (3)
- 30: Opposites Attract (8)
- December 2007 (23)
- 01: Impulse vs. Intelligence: Round 1 (2)
- 02: Stupid Grenade (1)
- 03: Beware Rampant Optimism (8)
- 04: Virginia Geocaching [podcast] (1)
- 05: “No, it’s not O.KKK.” (4)
- 07: Rhinestone Cowboys (featuring the anthropomorphic personification of exploding Bedazzlers) (3)
- 08: Quitters Never Prosper (5)
- 09: Bald Knob (for realsies) (6)
- 11: Crater of Mud State Park (4)
- 13: Escape from Arkadelphia (updated with pictures!) (10)
- 13: #15 Hitchhiking! [podcast (finally!)] (4)
- 16: Out of Texas -N- In to a Burger. (3)
- 18: Y’all Come Back Now… (6)
- 19: The Totally Rad Experience (3)
- 20: Show Me…Good People (2)
- 21: #15 Arkansas Crater of Diamonds [podcast] (2)
- 23: California Bum (3)
- 24: Home Is Where the Headache Is (3)
- 25: #46 See a Movie at the Alamo Drafthouse [podcast] (1)
- 26: Udderly Strange Christmas (1)
- 28: Ka-COW! (7)
- 29: More Christmas Jeer (3)
- 31: Paging Butt (2)
- January 2008 (25)
- 01: NYE in NYC (2)
- 02: Extra-Happy Hour (0)
- 02: Talk Show Eating Contest (wait…that sounds wrong) (9)
- 04: Hotdog Television Live (6)
- 06: Little Miss Update (1)
- 07: How-to: Travel on a Dime (1)
- 08: Not Even a Lump (1)
- 10: #22 Be a guest on a talk show BONUS #5 Enter a hotdog eating contest! [podcast] (6)
- 11: Other People’s Adventures (1)
- 12: Where’s Charles Atlas When You Need Him? (8)
- 14: Charley’s Going to Pee Himself (3)
- 15: Macworld Photos (0)
- 16: Stranger in a Same Land (7)
- 17: The Genuine Birthday Blog (2)
- 18: Surprise!!! (4)
- 19: #40 Ride a cow [podcast] (2)
- 20: 200?! (7)
- 22: Paging Mr. Copperfield (1)
- 23: No Cab Fare (7)
- 25: Everybody’s Creepy…Sometimes (1)
- 26: A New Day’s Resolution (9)
- 28: #41 Sandboarding! [podcast] (9)
- 30: Nature’s Plot to Make Me Look Stupid (5)
- 30: Day in the Life – Traveling to SLC [podcast] (8)
- 31: Salt Lake Pretty [updated with pictures] (4)
- February 2008 (22)
- 02: I’m Write (4)
- 04: Fire! (5)
- 04: Vote. (4)
- 06: Sweeping the Empire [updated with pictures!] (7)
- 06: The Land of Infinite Stairs [podcast] (4)
- 07: Hometown Highlights (3)
- 10: Go West Young Man (5)
- 11: The Brain Treadmill (6)
- 13: Amtrekker vs. Fire [podcast] (3)
- 15: Be Wary of VD (2)
- 17: What the?! (3)
- 18: Facing Jail Time (12)
- 19: Yoga and Booboo (2)
- 20: How to: Splash! [TASTHIB - podcast] (6)
- 21: I HATE (5)
- 22: Walk It Off (2)
- 24: “Hey Kettle You’re Looking Kinda…Black” (0)
- 25: The Plan (2)
- 26: Anti-Excitement (1)
- 27: TASTHIB – City Museum – St. Louis, MO [podcast] (3)
- 28: GSU Sampling (7)
- 29: Awesome Delays (2)
- March 2008 (21)
- 02: Super-secret Secret Squirrel (7)
- 03: What’s He Talking About? (7)
- 04: News To Me (1)
- 05: News to Me Inteview [podcast] (6)
- 07: Hashing (6)
- 08: Magic is About to Happen (9)
- 10: Magically Ambitious (4)
- 11: Quarry On (1)
- 12: #24 Be Part of a Stage Illusion [podcast] (4)
- 14: Lowest Highest Point. (3)
- 17: Swamptrekker (4)
- 19: Delayed Gratification (0)
- 20: #34 Scale the Lowest Highest Point in a State [podcast] (4)
- 21: A Beach By Any Other Name…Sucks (2)
- 24: Fishing for Donations (3)
- 25: Those Missing Days (2)
- 26: #45 Swamp Boat Ride With Gators! (6)
- 27: Angel’s Landing (1)
- 28: Where This Man Has Never Gone Before (2)
- 30: Microwave Potatoes (2)
- 31: Amtrekker Spirituality (5)
- April 2008 (24)
- 01: YOU’RE an April Fool! Jerk. (6)
- 03: #44 Fly-Fishing! [podcast] (1)
- 04: Party People (0)
- 05: What’s the Co-Motion? (3)
- 06: C’est La Vie (4)
- 07: The link to the CNN shindig (3)
- 08: Buses, Bums and Me (5)
- 09: The Immortal Words of Lewis Carroll (3)
- 10: Let’s Roller Coaster! (2)
- 11: Anti-Social Security (3)
- 13: Emotional Roller Coaster [completed objective] (2)
- 15: Days You’re Going to Need Time Off! (5)
- 16: #36 Ride the Fastest Roller Coaster in the Country! [podcast] (8)
- 17: Fifty Objective Pickup (0)
- 20: Silly Hat Bachelor Party! [updated with pictures!] (4)
- 21: Marathon Monday (0)
- 22: Marathon Madness (3)
- 23: TASTHIB – Boston Marathon Madness! (2)
- 24: What’s Colbert Hiding? (2)
- 25: How to: Be Interviewed on Good Morning America (11)
- 26: Good Morning Amtrekker (12)
- 28: New News (5)
- 29: Mid-flight Rescues (2)
- 30: Podcast Heads Up (4)
- May 2008 (16)
- 02: Internet Superstar (0)
- 03: #7 See a Live Taping of The Colbert Report! [podcast] (11)
- 06: Cause of Death: Hanging Out (6)
- 07: Viewer Mail Podcast (5)
- 09: Mega-Bust (2)
- 12: The Secret (2)
- 13: Passenger Diversity (1)
- 14: Beards, Blunders and BBQs (16)
- 16: In Transit (1)
- 19: Reenacting War = Enacting Discomfort (6)
- 20: Freezing My Musket Balls Off (8)
- 24: #12 Take Part in a Civil War Reenactment! [podcast] (7)
- 25: My Deliverance from #31 (7)
- 27: Spontaneous Raleigh Likin’ (4)
- 28: Pig Tails…Seriously (5)
- 30: #31 River Kayaking! [podcast] (*video problems fixed*) (1)
- June 2008 (17)
- 01: Less Than Helpful (5)
- 03: Wait…What Month Is It? (1)
- 04: Stuff to Gawk At (3)
- 06: #19 Help Out on a Plantation! [podcast] (6)
- 07: Boring Ol’ News, Exciting New Fun (0)
- 09: I Sailed. I’m a Sailor. I Can Sail Things. (No Big Deal) (6)
- 10: Metal Underpants and Nostalgia (2)
- 11: Bucket List?! (7)
- 13: Go Time (2)
- 13: I’ve Made a Huge Mistake? (2)
- 16: Kiteboarding! (4)
- 18: #16 Learn to Sail! [podcast] (6)
- 21: A Stitch in Time Saves Nine (7)
- 23: Pseudo-sport Olympics (13)
- 25: Toxic Stupidity Spill (0)
- 27: Greenie Green?! (4)
- 29: #29 Drive a Race Car! (6)
- July 2008 (15)
- 01: “Food” Stops (5)
- 02: #17 Kiteboarding! [podcast] (6)
- 03: Thank You (8)
- 04: Anniversary Sonnet (4)
- 09: The Grandest of Holes in the Ground (6)
- 11: The Wonderful World of Greyhound (3)
- 14: Assault on Miners (5)
- 16: #29 Drive a race car! [podcast] (5)
- 18: #25 Be in a Movie! (3)
- 21: The Day the Universe Decided to Punish Me (1)
- 22: Geocaching Attack! (0)
- 24: Frank’s Fort (1)
- 27: #3 Sleep in a Lighthouse! (10)
- 30: Charley Update (1)
- 31: La Dreamer and Stone Face: A Love Story (5)
- August 2008 (14)
- 01: #50 Hike to the Bottom of the Grand Canyon! [podcast] (3)
- 03: Get Well Charley (2)
- 08: Lake Shasta Shenanigans (2)
- 10: Hugfest 2008 (1)
- 11: Welcome to Crazytown. Population: Me (4)
- 12: Charley’s Malaise (3)
- 16: Ore-GONE! (0)
- 19: Where Oh Where Has My Amtrekker Gone… (0)
- 20: New Occupation: Used Car Salesman? (8)
- 22: Wholesale Slaughter (3)
- 25: #3 Sleep in a Lighthouse! [podcast] (2)
- 28: Nightmares (6)
- 29: Is Horse Feed Really a Good Idea Anyway? (5)
- 30: Disaster Looms (0)
- September 2008 (13)
- 01: What a Tangled Web We’ve Woven (2)
- 03: Baby Changes (0)
- 04: Disneylanding (3)
- 06: “Moonshinery 2008″ Update (0)
- 07: I Crashed an Ostrich (6)
- 09: #42 Ride an Ostrich! [podcast] (8)
- 11: American Rail Passes…FOR AMERICANS! (1)
- 14: Back on the Train (3)
- 16: Set Your Calendars! (3)
- 21: Pinko Commie Crops (4)
- 24: Crop Circling (4)
- 28: Stylish Dead Folks (0)
- 30: #13 Race Dirtbikes! [*updated with pictures!*] (2)
- October 2008 (14)
- 04: Uncertain Times (2)
- 06: #14 Make Moonshine Pt. 1 (4)
- 08: Dirty Minds (4)
- 11: Life of Brian (0)
- 13: #28 SCUBA Diving in the Atlantic! [*updated with pictures!*] (4)
- 14: Not Safe For PETA (6)
- 17: The Daily Buzz (1)
- 20: Death of the Dog? (1)
- 22: Instructions (0)
- 22: Auditions for Icabod Crane (2)
- 24: Bad News is Good? (0)
- 26: The End. (kinda) [pictures later] (7)
- 28: Party People (0)
- 31: Hey, Amtrekker! WTF (2)
- November 2008 (5)
- 03: Halloween Raid (0)
- 09: #2 Ride a Horse Through a Covered Bridge [podcast] (1)
- 12: Wolfe Manor (0)
- 24: A Night in Wolfe Manor [photos by CJ Johnson!] (1)
- 29: Iron Katy (0)
- December 2008 (4)
- 04: Stories Behind Stories (3)
- 14: #14 Make Moonshine Pt. 2 (4)
- 20: The First Four (3)
- 31: The Next Four (5)
- January 2009 (2)
- 02: A NEW List?! (10)
- 21: My Life as a Vegan (4)
- February 2009 (1)
- 25: 2009 Travel Blogger Awards (3)
- March 2009 (2)
- 06: Ghost Hunting at Wolfe Manor! [video] (3)
- 30: The Streamys! (5)
- May 2009 (4)
- 04: New Intro! (3)
- 07: Amtrekker: TALES FROM THE VAULT Premiere! (1)
- 18: A Popsicle is Better Than a Kick in the Ribs (3)
- 19: Latest Episode (1)
- July 2009 (1)
- 14: Geek Cred (2)
- August 2009 (3)
- 13: Road Trippin’ (3)
- 14: Road Trippin’ Day 2 (2)
- 25: Weird Things and Bigfeet (0)
- September 2009 (3)
- 02: Past Brett vs. Future Brett (6)
- 03: Northern Northern California (1)
- 05: Rubber Bands, Crustaceans and a Guest (0)
- October 2009 (1)
- 01: Arrestable Offense (2)
- November 2009 (4)
- 10: Meeting the Amazing Randi (3)
- 11: I hate Best Buy (1)
- 16: Cruise Overview (in haiku) (0)
- 22: A Few Rambling Thoughts on Cruising (3)
- December 2009 (1)
- March 2010 (1)
- 09: Amtrekker’s Newest Adventure! (0)
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 me from trying to find a nice soft spot on the ground to sleep on. Thanks, Rusty.
Now I’m in the middle of learning a very important lesson. I’ve been amazed over and over again how generous people have been on this trip. They hear my story and they leap forward to help in any way they can. It’s no secret I’ve been consistently floored by the kindness of strangers. That being said, I’ve been hung up on six times already today (but only three of them were the super impolite kind).
It seems people aren’t nearly as inclined to help if:
1. I don’t speak to them in person
2. The meeting isn’t a chance encounter
3. It’s not their idea to help
So, I seem to have wasted the better part of my day calling up dive shops and offering my help doing grunge work and my less than impressive writing skills/PR in exchange for some help crossing #28 off the list. Lesson learned.
I emailed a handful of dive clubs that impressed me with their online presence but if nothing comes of that then I’m pretty much at the end of my rope in West Palm Beach and I’ll just have to move on to greener pastures tomorrow morning. (How I manage SCUBA diving in a green pasture will be interesting to see…I would think achieving neutral buoyancy in a meadow would be tough.)
All right, wish me luck.
I’m done.
Brett.
Welcome to the wonderful world of the kindness of strangers:
Why NOT be a kind stranger?
A Day in the Life
- July 2007 (17)
- 02: The Update (1)
- 04: Security Resistant Terrorists (0)
- 06: Philadelphia – The Good (2)
- 08: Philadelphia – The Bad (1)
- 08: Philadelphia – The Ugly (0)
- 09: Boston Uncommons (0)
- 10: Lancaster…no! Superfuncaster! (1)
- 11: Been There Milked That (0)
- 12: Spare Change (0)
- 13: A Californian in a Connecticut Yankee’s Court (2)
- 16: Which way? Fenway (1)
- 17: Pre-sliced American Cheese (3)
- 23: 66% Hitched (5)
- 25: California Screamin’ (1)
- 26: Comics are for Kids…and Amtrekkers (0)
- 29: Comic Comic Con (10)
- 31: I’m Not a Dad but I Play One on TV (10)
- August 2007 (14)
- 02: One’s Company (3)
- 05: The Podcast Cometh (2)
- 06: Less Than Amazing Race (3)
- 08: Gardening and Entering (8)
- 13: I Got Screwed…The Other Guy Got Nailed (4)
- 16: Niagara Falls…on my head (1)
- 19: Trojan Kayaks (8)
- 20: I Don’t Scream, But I Do Cry. (3)
- 21: Amtrak Mathamagicians (6)
- 22: Ins-N-Outs of Providence (7)
- 27: Boston T Parties (2)
- 28: Beercast?! (5)
- 29: I Love Couch…Not Lamp (3)
- 31: Male PMS (9)
- September 2007 (17)
- 02: I Think The Needle’s Stuck (2)
- 04: God Bless Hamerica (9)
- 05: Flying Fire and Fireflies (4)
- 07: Bee Careful What You Wish For (10)
- 08: Huckleberry Amtrekker (4)
- 11: Train-ed to Destroy (1)
- 13: Mmm…rBGH (3)
- 15: Glidin’ Seek (0)
- 17: No Air Time (6)
- 19: Click it and Ticket (10)
- 20: I hang glid (…hang glided…hang glode?) (9)
- 21: On The Way Down Yonder (4)
- 25: Chatta…who what now? (4)
- 26: #23 Hang gliding! [Podcast] (1)
- 27: Rambling and Ranting (1)
- 28: A Day in the Life (1)
- 29: Click…beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep (2)
- October 2007 (24)
- 01: The Other Orange County (4)
- 02: Tubing down the Chattahoochee! [Podcast] (5)
- 04: Go Fly Zone (8)
- 05: Quick Miami U Update (2)
- 06: Slo-Mo (9)
- 08: If you knock me on my butt, do I not bleed? (3)
- 09: #18 Pet a sloth [podcast] (6)
- 11: I Don’t Stand for Pedophiles (6)
- 13: How long?! (7)
- 14: Power Rangers Can’t Putt (5)
- 16: Train Travel FTW (3)
- 17: TASTHIB – Urban Golf [podcast] (8)
- 18: Whose life is it anyway? (1)
- 20: I Swung Danced [video] (5)
- 21: Fish out of water(…and into retaw?) (4)
- 21: #9 – Tales from the Wayback Machine. [podcast] (8)
- 23: The Green Kid (4)
- 25: Broken News (3)
- 25: #39 Motorcycle rally [podcast] (5)
- 27: I Think I Stepped in Knowledge (2)
- 28: Should’ve Listened to Detective Thorn (0)
- 29: I Flunked Hitchhiking [podcast] (7)
- 30: I Will Survive. Hey, Hey. (1)
- 31: Last Minute Costume Idea (3)
- November 2007 (24)
- 01: Which Town? [updated with pictures!] (8)
- 02: All That Jazz (3)
- 03: The Past Colors Memories of the Future (3)
- 03: Color Me Excited (0)
- 04: Mister Rogers Would Be Proud (6)
- 05: Salem, Massachusetts Halloween [podcast!] (3)
- 07: Salute Your Shorts (3)
- 08: Now What? (5)
- 09: Ode to Amtrekker (10)
- 10: You digg it? (2)
- 12: Update (1)
- 13: #47 Tour the Crayola Factory [podcast] (10)
- 15: Lobster Bucket (9)
- 16: Not The Most Beautiful Thing (3)
- 17: Give The Little Guy A Chance (3)
- 19: Enough Wading Already (5)
- 20: #27 Go on a lobster boat [podcast] (8)
- 22: Thanks for Giving (7)
- 23: Aggietrekker (0)
- 24: Fiamingo Family Thanksgiving (1)
- 26: Cranberries and Pennsylvanians [video] (12)
- 28: Just One of Those Days (10)
- 29: Don’t Forget to Smile (3)
- 30: Opposites Attract (8)
- December 2007 (23)
- 01: Impulse vs. Intelligence: Round 1 (2)
- 02: Stupid Grenade (1)
- 03: Beware Rampant Optimism (8)
- 04: Virginia Geocaching [podcast] (1)
- 05: “No, it’s not O.KKK.” (4)
- 07: Rhinestone Cowboys (featuring the anthropomorphic personification of exploding Bedazzlers) (3)
- 08: Quitters Never Prosper (5)
- 09: Bald Knob (for realsies) (6)
- 11: Crater of Mud State Park (4)
- 13: Escape from Arkadelphia (updated with pictures!) (10)
- 13: #15 Hitchhiking! [podcast (finally!)] (4)
- 16: Out of Texas -N- In to a Burger. (3)
- 18: Y’all Come Back Now… (6)
- 19: The Totally Rad Experience (3)
- 20: Show Me…Good People (2)
- 21: #15 Arkansas Crater of Diamonds [podcast] (2)
- 23: California Bum (3)
- 24: Home Is Where the Headache Is (3)
- 25: #46 See a Movie at the Alamo Drafthouse [podcast] (1)
- 26: Udderly Strange Christmas (1)
- 28: Ka-COW! (7)
- 29: More Christmas Jeer (3)
- 31: Paging Butt (2)
- January 2008 (25)
- 01: NYE in NYC (2)
- 02: Extra-Happy Hour (0)
- 02: Talk Show Eating Contest (wait…that sounds wrong) (9)
- 04: Hotdog Television Live (6)
- 06: Little Miss Update (1)
- 07: How-to: Travel on a Dime (1)
- 08: Not Even a Lump (1)
- 10: #22 Be a guest on a talk show BONUS #5 Enter a hotdog eating contest! [podcast] (6)
- 11: Other People’s Adventures (1)
- 12: Where’s Charles Atlas When You Need Him? (8)
- 14: Charley’s Going to Pee Himself (3)
- 15: Macworld Photos (0)
- 16: Stranger in a Same Land (7)
- 17: The Genuine Birthday Blog (2)
- 18: Surprise!!! (4)
- 19: #40 Ride a cow [podcast] (2)
- 20: 200?! (7)
- 22: Paging Mr. Copperfield (1)
- 23: No Cab Fare (7)
- 25: Everybody’s Creepy…Sometimes (1)
- 26: A New Day’s Resolution (9)
- 28: #41 Sandboarding! [podcast] (9)
- 30: Nature’s Plot to Make Me Look Stupid (5)
- 30: Day in the Life – Traveling to SLC [podcast] (8)
- 31: Salt Lake Pretty [updated with pictures] (4)
- February 2008 (22)
- 02: I’m Write (4)
- 04: Fire! (5)
- 04: Vote. (4)
- 06: Sweeping the Empire [updated with pictures!] (7)
- 06: The Land of Infinite Stairs [podcast] (4)
- 07: Hometown Highlights (3)
- 10: Go West Young Man (5)
- 11: The Brain Treadmill (6)
- 13: Amtrekker vs. Fire [podcast] (3)
- 15: Be Wary of VD (2)
- 17: What the?! (3)
- 18: Facing Jail Time (12)
- 19: Yoga and Booboo (2)
- 20: How to: Splash! [TASTHIB - podcast] (6)
- 21: I HATE (5)
- 22: Walk It Off (2)
- 24: “Hey Kettle You’re Looking Kinda…Black” (0)
- 25: The Plan (2)
- 26: Anti-Excitement (1)
- 27: TASTHIB – City Museum – St. Louis, MO [podcast] (3)
- 28: GSU Sampling (7)
- 29: Awesome Delays (2)
- March 2008 (21)
- 02: Super-secret Secret Squirrel (7)
- 03: What’s He Talking About? (7)
- 04: News To Me (1)
- 05: News to Me Inteview [podcast] (6)
- 07: Hashing (6)
- 08: Magic is About to Happen (9)
- 10: Magically Ambitious (4)
- 11: Quarry On (1)
- 12: #24 Be Part of a Stage Illusion [podcast] (4)
- 14: Lowest Highest Point. (3)
- 17: Swamptrekker (4)
- 19: Delayed Gratification (0)
- 20: #34 Scale the Lowest Highest Point in a State [podcast] (4)
- 21: A Beach By Any Other Name…Sucks (2)
- 24: Fishing for Donations (3)
- 25: Those Missing Days (2)
- 26: #45 Swamp Boat Ride With Gators! (6)
- 27: Angel’s Landing (1)
- 28: Where This Man Has Never Gone Before (2)
- 30: Microwave Potatoes (2)
- 31: Amtrekker Spirituality (5)
- April 2008 (24)
- 01: YOU’RE an April Fool! Jerk. (6)
- 03: #44 Fly-Fishing! [podcast] (1)
- 04: Party People (0)
- 05: What’s the Co-Motion? (3)
- 06: C’est La Vie (4)
- 07: The link to the CNN shindig (3)
- 08: Buses, Bums and Me (5)
- 09: The Immortal Words of Lewis Carroll (3)
- 10: Let’s Roller Coaster! (2)
- 11: Anti-Social Security (3)
- 13: Emotional Roller Coaster [completed objective] (2)
- 15: Days You’re Going to Need Time Off! (5)
- 16: #36 Ride the Fastest Roller Coaster in the Country! [podcast] (8)
- 17: Fifty Objective Pickup (0)
- 20: Silly Hat Bachelor Party! [updated with pictures!] (4)
- 21: Marathon Monday (0)
- 22: Marathon Madness (3)
- 23: TASTHIB – Boston Marathon Madness! (2)
- 24: What’s Colbert Hiding? (2)
- 25: How to: Be Interviewed on Good Morning America (11)
- 26: Good Morning Amtrekker (12)
- 28: New News (5)
- 29: Mid-flight Rescues (2)
- 30: Podcast Heads Up (4)
- May 2008 (16)
- 02: Internet Superstar (0)
- 03: #7 See a Live Taping of The Colbert Report! [podcast] (11)
- 06: Cause of Death: Hanging Out (6)
- 07: Viewer Mail Podcast (5)
- 09: Mega-Bust (2)
- 12: The Secret (2)
- 13: Passenger Diversity (1)
- 14: Beards, Blunders and BBQs (16)
- 16: In Transit (1)
- 19: Reenacting War = Enacting Discomfort (6)
- 20: Freezing My Musket Balls Off (8)
- 24: #12 Take Part in a Civil War Reenactment! [podcast] (7)
- 25: My Deliverance from #31 (7)
- 27: Spontaneous Raleigh Likin’ (4)
- 28: Pig Tails…Seriously (5)
- 30: #31 River Kayaking! [podcast] (*video problems fixed*) (1)
- June 2008 (17)
- 01: Less Than Helpful (5)
- 03: Wait…What Month Is It? (1)
- 04: Stuff to Gawk At (3)
- 06: #19 Help Out on a Plantation! [podcast] (6)
- 07: Boring Ol’ News, Exciting New Fun (0)
- 09: I Sailed. I’m a Sailor. I Can Sail Things. (No Big Deal) (6)
- 10: Metal Underpants and Nostalgia (2)
- 11: Bucket List?! (7)
- 13: Go Time (2)
- 13: I’ve Made a Huge Mistake? (2)
- 16: Kiteboarding! (4)
- 18: #16 Learn to Sail! [podcast] (6)
- 21: A Stitch in Time Saves Nine (7)
- 23: Pseudo-sport Olympics (13)
- 25: Toxic Stupidity Spill (0)
- 27: Greenie Green?! (4)
- 29: #29 Drive a Race Car! (6)
- July 2008 (15)
- 01: “Food” Stops (5)
- 02: #17 Kiteboarding! [podcast] (6)
- 03: Thank You (8)
- 04: Anniversary Sonnet (4)
- 09: The Grandest of Holes in the Ground (6)
- 11: The Wonderful World of Greyhound (3)
- 14: Assault on Miners (5)
- 16: #29 Drive a race car! [podcast] (5)
- 18: #25 Be in a Movie! (3)
- 21: The Day the Universe Decided to Punish Me (1)
- 22: Geocaching Attack! (0)
- 24: Frank’s Fort (1)
- 27: #3 Sleep in a Lighthouse! (10)
- 30: Charley Update (1)
- 31: La Dreamer and Stone Face: A Love Story (5)
- August 2008 (14)
- 01: #50 Hike to the Bottom of the Grand Canyon! [podcast] (3)
- 03: Get Well Charley (2)
- 08: Lake Shasta Shenanigans (2)
- 10: Hugfest 2008 (1)
- 11: Welcome to Crazytown. Population: Me (4)
- 12: Charley’s Malaise (3)
- 16: Ore-GONE! (0)
- 19: Where Oh Where Has My Amtrekker Gone… (0)
- 20: New Occupation: Used Car Salesman? (8)
- 22: Wholesale Slaughter (3)
- 25: #3 Sleep in a Lighthouse! [podcast] (2)
- 28: Nightmares (6)
- 29: Is Horse Feed Really a Good Idea Anyway? (5)
- 30: Disaster Looms (0)
- September 2008 (13)
- 01: What a Tangled Web We’ve Woven (2)
- 03: Baby Changes (0)
- 04: Disneylanding (3)
- 06: “Moonshinery 2008″ Update (0)
- 07: I Crashed an Ostrich (6)
- 09: #42 Ride an Ostrich! [podcast] (8)
- 11: American Rail Passes…FOR AMERICANS! (1)
- 14: Back on the Train (3)
- 16: Set Your Calendars! (3)
- 21: Pinko Commie Crops (4)
- 24: Crop Circling (4)
- 28: Stylish Dead Folks (0)
- 30: #13 Race Dirtbikes! [*updated with pictures!*] (2)
- October 2008 (14)
- 04: Uncertain Times (2)
- 06: #14 Make Moonshine Pt. 1 (4)
- 08: Dirty Minds (4)
- 11: Life of Brian (0)
- 13: #28 SCUBA Diving in the Atlantic! [*updated with pictures!*] (4)
- 14: Not Safe For PETA (6)
- 17: The Daily Buzz (1)
- 20: Death of the Dog? (1)
- 22: Instructions (0)
- 22: Auditions for Icabod Crane (2)
- 24: Bad News is Good? (0)
- 26: The End. (kinda) [pictures later] (7)
- 28: Party People (0)
- 31: Hey, Amtrekker! WTF (2)
- November 2008 (5)
- 03: Halloween Raid (0)
- 09: #2 Ride a Horse Through a Covered Bridge [podcast] (1)
- 12: Wolfe Manor (0)
- 24: A Night in Wolfe Manor [photos by CJ Johnson!] (1)
- 29: Iron Katy (0)
- December 2008 (4)
- 04: Stories Behind Stories (3)
- 14: #14 Make Moonshine Pt. 2 (4)
- 20: The First Four (3)
- 31: The Next Four (5)
- January 2009 (2)
- 02: A NEW List?! (10)
- 21: My Life as a Vegan (4)
- February 2009 (1)
- 25: 2009 Travel Blogger Awards (3)
- March 2009 (2)
- 06: Ghost Hunting at Wolfe Manor! [video] (3)
- 30: The Streamys! (5)
- May 2009 (4)
- 04: New Intro! (3)
- 07: Amtrekker: TALES FROM THE VAULT Premiere! (1)
- 18: A Popsicle is Better Than a Kick in the Ribs (3)
- 19: Latest Episode (1)
- July 2009 (1)
- 14: Geek Cred (2)
- August 2009 (3)
- 13: Road Trippin’ (3)
- 14: Road Trippin’ Day 2 (2)
- 25: Weird Things and Bigfeet (0)
- September 2009 (3)
- 02: Past Brett vs. Future Brett (6)
- 03: Northern Northern California (1)
- 05: Rubber Bands, Crustaceans and a Guest (0)
- October 2009 (1)
- 01: Arrestable Offense (2)
- November 2009 (4)
- 10: Meeting the Amazing Randi (3)
- 11: I hate Best Buy (1)
- 16: Cruise Overview (in haiku) (0)
- 22: A Few Rambling Thoughts on Cruising (3)
- December 2009 (1)
- March 2010 (1)
- 09: Amtrekker’s Newest Adventure! (0)
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?
Rambling and Ranting
- July 2007 (17)
- 02: The Update (1)
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- 06: Philadelphia – The Good (2)
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- 10: Lancaster…no! Superfuncaster! (1)
- 11: Been There Milked That (0)
- 12: Spare Change (0)
- 13: A Californian in a Connecticut Yankee’s Court (2)
- 16: Which way? Fenway (1)
- 17: Pre-sliced American Cheese (3)
- 23: 66% Hitched (5)
- 25: California Screamin’ (1)
- 26: Comics are for Kids…and Amtrekkers (0)
- 29: Comic Comic Con (10)
- 31: I’m Not a Dad but I Play One on TV (10)
- August 2007 (14)
- 02: One’s Company (3)
- 05: The Podcast Cometh (2)
- 06: Less Than Amazing Race (3)
- 08: Gardening and Entering (8)
- 13: I Got Screwed…The Other Guy Got Nailed (4)
- 16: Niagara Falls…on my head (1)
- 19: Trojan Kayaks (8)
- 20: I Don’t Scream, But I Do Cry. (3)
- 21: Amtrak Mathamagicians (6)
- 22: Ins-N-Outs of Providence (7)
- 27: Boston T Parties (2)
- 28: Beercast?! (5)
- 29: I Love Couch…Not Lamp (3)
- 31: Male PMS (9)
- September 2007 (17)
- 02: I Think The Needle’s Stuck (2)
- 04: God Bless Hamerica (9)
- 05: Flying Fire and Fireflies (4)
- 07: Bee Careful What You Wish For (10)
- 08: Huckleberry Amtrekker (4)
- 11: Train-ed to Destroy (1)
- 13: Mmm…rBGH (3)
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- 19: Click it and Ticket (10)
- 20: I hang glid (…hang glided…hang glode?) (9)
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- 25: Chatta…who what now? (4)
- 26: #23 Hang gliding! [Podcast] (1)
- 27: Rambling and Ranting (1)
- 28: A Day in the Life (1)
- 29: Click…beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep (2)
- October 2007 (24)
- 01: The Other Orange County (4)
- 02: Tubing down the Chattahoochee! [Podcast] (5)
- 04: Go Fly Zone (8)
- 05: Quick Miami U Update (2)
- 06: Slo-Mo (9)
- 08: If you knock me on my butt, do I not bleed? (3)
- 09: #18 Pet a sloth [podcast] (6)
- 11: I Don’t Stand for Pedophiles (6)
- 13: How long?! (7)
- 14: Power Rangers Can’t Putt (5)
- 16: Train Travel FTW (3)
- 17: TASTHIB – Urban Golf [podcast] (8)
- 18: Whose life is it anyway? (1)
- 20: I Swung Danced [video] (5)
- 21: Fish out of water(…and into retaw?) (4)
- 21: #9 – Tales from the Wayback Machine. [podcast] (8)
- 23: The Green Kid (4)
- 25: Broken News (3)
- 25: #39 Motorcycle rally [podcast] (5)
- 27: I Think I Stepped in Knowledge (2)
- 28: Should’ve Listened to Detective Thorn (0)
- 29: I Flunked Hitchhiking [podcast] (7)
- 30: I Will Survive. Hey, Hey. (1)
- 31: Last Minute Costume Idea (3)
- November 2007 (24)
- 01: Which Town? [updated with pictures!] (8)
- 02: All That Jazz (3)
- 03: The Past Colors Memories of the Future (3)
- 03: Color Me Excited (0)
- 04: Mister Rogers Would Be Proud (6)
- 05: Salem, Massachusetts Halloween [podcast!] (3)
- 07: Salute Your Shorts (3)
- 08: Now What? (5)
- 09: Ode to Amtrekker (10)
- 10: You digg it? (2)
- 12: Update (1)
- 13: #47 Tour the Crayola Factory [podcast] (10)
- 15: Lobster Bucket (9)
- 16: Not The Most Beautiful Thing (3)
- 17: Give The Little Guy A Chance (3)
- 19: Enough Wading Already (5)
- 20: #27 Go on a lobster boat [podcast] (8)
- 22: Thanks for Giving (7)
- 23: Aggietrekker (0)
- 24: Fiamingo Family Thanksgiving (1)
- 26: Cranberries and Pennsylvanians [video] (12)
- 28: Just One of Those Days (10)
- 29: Don’t Forget to Smile (3)
- 30: Opposites Attract (8)
- December 2007 (23)
- 01: Impulse vs. Intelligence: Round 1 (2)
- 02: Stupid Grenade (1)
- 03: Beware Rampant Optimism (8)
- 04: Virginia Geocaching [podcast] (1)
- 05: “No, it’s not O.KKK.” (4)
- 07: Rhinestone Cowboys (featuring the anthropomorphic personification of exploding Bedazzlers) (3)
- 08: Quitters Never Prosper (5)
- 09: Bald Knob (for realsies) (6)
- 11: Crater of Mud State Park (4)
- 13: Escape from Arkadelphia (updated with pictures!) (10)
- 13: #15 Hitchhiking! [podcast (finally!)] (4)
- 16: Out of Texas -N- In to a Burger. (3)
- 18: Y’all Come Back Now… (6)
- 19: The Totally Rad Experience (3)
- 20: Show Me…Good People (2)
- 21: #15 Arkansas Crater of Diamonds [podcast] (2)
- 23: California Bum (3)
- 24: Home Is Where the Headache Is (3)
- 25: #46 See a Movie at the Alamo Drafthouse [podcast] (1)
- 26: Udderly Strange Christmas (1)
- 28: Ka-COW! (7)
- 29: More Christmas Jeer (3)
- 31: Paging Butt (2)
- January 2008 (25)
- 01: NYE in NYC (2)
- 02: Extra-Happy Hour (0)
- 02: Talk Show Eating Contest (wait…that sounds wrong) (9)
- 04: Hotdog Television Live (6)
- 06: Little Miss Update (1)
- 07: How-to: Travel on a Dime (1)
- 08: Not Even a Lump (1)
- 10: #22 Be a guest on a talk show BONUS #5 Enter a hotdog eating contest! [podcast] (6)
- 11: Other People’s Adventures (1)
- 12: Where’s Charles Atlas When You Need Him? (8)
- 14: Charley’s Going to Pee Himself (3)
- 15: Macworld Photos (0)
- 16: Stranger in a Same Land (7)
- 17: The Genuine Birthday Blog (2)
- 18: Surprise!!! (4)
- 19: #40 Ride a cow [podcast] (2)
- 20: 200?! (7)
- 22: Paging Mr. Copperfield (1)
- 23: No Cab Fare (7)
- 25: Everybody’s Creepy…Sometimes (1)
- 26: A New Day’s Resolution (9)
- 28: #41 Sandboarding! [podcast] (9)
- 30: Nature’s Plot to Make Me Look Stupid (5)
- 30: Day in the Life – Traveling to SLC [podcast] (8)
- 31: Salt Lake Pretty [updated with pictures] (4)
- February 2008 (22)
- 02: I’m Write (4)
- 04: Fire! (5)
- 04: Vote. (4)
- 06: Sweeping the Empire [updated with pictures!] (7)
- 06: The Land of Infinite Stairs [podcast] (4)
- 07: Hometown Highlights (3)
- 10: Go West Young Man (5)
- 11: The Brain Treadmill (6)
- 13: Amtrekker vs. Fire [podcast] (3)
- 15: Be Wary of VD (2)
- 17: What the?! (3)
- 18: Facing Jail Time (12)
- 19: Yoga and Booboo (2)
- 20: How to: Splash! [TASTHIB - podcast] (6)
- 21: I HATE (5)
- 22: Walk It Off (2)
- 24: “Hey Kettle You’re Looking Kinda…Black” (0)
- 25: The Plan (2)
- 26: Anti-Excitement (1)
- 27: TASTHIB – City Museum – St. Louis, MO [podcast] (3)
- 28: GSU Sampling (7)
- 29: Awesome Delays (2)
- March 2008 (21)
- 02: Super-secret Secret Squirrel (7)
- 03: What’s He Talking About? (7)
- 04: News To Me (1)
- 05: News to Me Inteview [podcast] (6)
- 07: Hashing (6)
- 08: Magic is About to Happen (9)
- 10: Magically Ambitious (4)
- 11: Quarry On (1)
- 12: #24 Be Part of a Stage Illusion [podcast] (4)
- 14: Lowest Highest Point. (3)
- 17: Swamptrekker (4)
- 19: Delayed Gratification (0)
- 20: #34 Scale the Lowest Highest Point in a State [podcast] (4)
- 21: A Beach By Any Other Name…Sucks (2)
- 24: Fishing for Donations (3)
- 25: Those Missing Days (2)
- 26: #45 Swamp Boat Ride With Gators! (6)
- 27: Angel’s Landing (1)
- 28: Where This Man Has Never Gone Before (2)
- 30: Microwave Potatoes (2)
- 31: Amtrekker Spirituality (5)
- April 2008 (24)
- 01: YOU’RE an April Fool! Jerk. (6)
- 03: #44 Fly-Fishing! [podcast] (1)
- 04: Party People (0)
- 05: What’s the Co-Motion? (3)
- 06: C’est La Vie (4)
- 07: The link to the CNN shindig (3)
- 08: Buses, Bums and Me (5)
- 09: The Immortal Words of Lewis Carroll (3)
- 10: Let’s Roller Coaster! (2)
- 11: Anti-Social Security (3)
- 13: Emotional Roller Coaster [completed objective] (2)
- 15: Days You’re Going to Need Time Off! (5)
- 16: #36 Ride the Fastest Roller Coaster in the Country! [podcast] (8)
- 17: Fifty Objective Pickup (0)
- 20: Silly Hat Bachelor Party! [updated with pictures!] (4)
- 21: Marathon Monday (0)
- 22: Marathon Madness (3)
- 23: TASTHIB – Boston Marathon Madness! (2)
- 24: What’s Colbert Hiding? (2)
- 25: How to: Be Interviewed on Good Morning America (11)
- 26: Good Morning Amtrekker (12)
- 28: New News (5)
- 29: Mid-flight Rescues (2)
- 30: Podcast Heads Up (4)
- May 2008 (16)
- 02: Internet Superstar (0)
- 03: #7 See a Live Taping of The Colbert Report! [podcast] (11)
- 06: Cause of Death: Hanging Out (6)
- 07: Viewer Mail Podcast (5)
- 09: Mega-Bust (2)
- 12: The Secret (2)
- 13: Passenger Diversity (1)
- 14: Beards, Blunders and BBQs (16)
- 16: In Transit (1)
- 19: Reenacting War = Enacting Discomfort (6)
- 20: Freezing My Musket Balls Off (8)
- 24: #12 Take Part in a Civil War Reenactment! [podcast] (7)
- 25: My Deliverance from #31 (7)
- 27: Spontaneous Raleigh Likin’ (4)
- 28: Pig Tails…Seriously (5)
- 30: #31 River Kayaking! [podcast] (*video problems fixed*) (1)
- June 2008 (17)
- 01: Less Than Helpful (5)
- 03: Wait…What Month Is It? (1)
- 04: Stuff to Gawk At (3)
- 06: #19 Help Out on a Plantation! [podcast] (6)
- 07: Boring Ol’ News, Exciting New Fun (0)
- 09: I Sailed. I’m a Sailor. I Can Sail Things. (No Big Deal) (6)
- 10: Metal Underpants and Nostalgia (2)
- 11: Bucket List?! (7)
- 13: Go Time (2)
- 13: I’ve Made a Huge Mistake? (2)
- 16: Kiteboarding! (4)
- 18: #16 Learn to Sail! [podcast] (6)
- 21: A Stitch in Time Saves Nine (7)
- 23: Pseudo-sport Olympics (13)
- 25: Toxic Stupidity Spill (0)
- 27: Greenie Green?! (4)
- 29: #29 Drive a Race Car! (6)
- July 2008 (15)
- 01: “Food” Stops (5)
- 02: #17 Kiteboarding! [podcast] (6)
- 03: Thank You (8)
- 04: Anniversary Sonnet (4)
- 09: The Grandest of Holes in the Ground (6)
- 11: The Wonderful World of Greyhound (3)
- 14: Assault on Miners (5)
- 16: #29 Drive a race car! [podcast] (5)
- 18: #25 Be in a Movie! (3)
- 21: The Day the Universe Decided to Punish Me (1)
- 22: Geocaching Attack! (0)
- 24: Frank’s Fort (1)
- 27: #3 Sleep in a Lighthouse! (10)
- 30: Charley Update (1)
- 31: La Dreamer and Stone Face: A Love Story (5)
- August 2008 (14)
- 01: #50 Hike to the Bottom of the Grand Canyon! [podcast] (3)
- 03: Get Well Charley (2)
- 08: Lake Shasta Shenanigans (2)
- 10: Hugfest 2008 (1)
- 11: Welcome to Crazytown. Population: Me (4)
- 12: Charley’s Malaise (3)
- 16: Ore-GONE! (0)
- 19: Where Oh Where Has My Amtrekker Gone… (0)
- 20: New Occupation: Used Car Salesman? (8)
- 22: Wholesale Slaughter (3)
- 25: #3 Sleep in a Lighthouse! [podcast] (2)
- 28: Nightmares (6)
- 29: Is Horse Feed Really a Good Idea Anyway? (5)
- 30: Disaster Looms (0)
- September 2008 (13)
- 01: What a Tangled Web We’ve Woven (2)
- 03: Baby Changes (0)
- 04: Disneylanding (3)
- 06: “Moonshinery 2008″ Update (0)
- 07: I Crashed an Ostrich (6)
- 09: #42 Ride an Ostrich! [podcast] (8)
- 11: American Rail Passes…FOR AMERICANS! (1)
- 14: Back on the Train (3)
- 16: Set Your Calendars! (3)
- 21: Pinko Commie Crops (4)
- 24: Crop Circling (4)
- 28: Stylish Dead Folks (0)
- 30: #13 Race Dirtbikes! [*updated with pictures!*] (2)
- October 2008 (14)
- 04: Uncertain Times (2)
- 06: #14 Make Moonshine Pt. 1 (4)
- 08: Dirty Minds (4)
- 11: Life of Brian (0)
- 13: #28 SCUBA Diving in the Atlantic! [*updated with pictures!*] (4)
- 14: Not Safe For PETA (6)
- 17: The Daily Buzz (1)
- 20: Death of the Dog? (1)
- 22: Instructions (0)
- 22: Auditions for Icabod Crane (2)
- 24: Bad News is Good? (0)
- 26: The End. (kinda) [pictures later] (7)
- 28: Party People (0)
- 31: Hey, Amtrekker! WTF (2)
- November 2008 (5)
- 03: Halloween Raid (0)
- 09: #2 Ride a Horse Through a Covered Bridge [podcast] (1)
- 12: Wolfe Manor (0)
- 24: A Night in Wolfe Manor [photos by CJ Johnson!] (1)
- 29: Iron Katy (0)
- December 2008 (4)
- 04: Stories Behind Stories (3)
- 14: #14 Make Moonshine Pt. 2 (4)
- 20: The First Four (3)
- 31: The Next Four (5)
- January 2009 (2)
- 02: A NEW List?! (10)
- 21: My Life as a Vegan (4)
- February 2009 (1)
- 25: 2009 Travel Blogger Awards (3)
- March 2009 (2)
- 06: Ghost Hunting at Wolfe Manor! [video] (3)
- 30: The Streamys! (5)
- May 2009 (4)
- 04: New Intro! (3)
- 07: Amtrekker: TALES FROM THE VAULT Premiere! (1)
- 18: A Popsicle is Better Than a Kick in the Ribs (3)
- 19: Latest Episode (1)
- July 2009 (1)
- 14: Geek Cred (2)
- August 2009 (3)
- 13: Road Trippin’ (3)
- 14: Road Trippin’ Day 2 (2)
- 25: Weird Things and Bigfeet (0)
- September 2009 (3)
- 02: Past Brett vs. Future Brett (6)
- 03: Northern Northern California (1)
- 05: Rubber Bands, Crustaceans and a Guest (0)
- October 2009 (1)
- 01: Arrestable Offense (2)
- November 2009 (4)
- 10: Meeting the Amazing Randi (3)
- 11: I hate Best Buy (1)
- 16: Cruise Overview (in haiku) (0)
- 22: A Few Rambling Thoughts on Cruising (3)
- December 2009 (1)
- March 2010 (1)
- 09: Amtrekker’s Newest Adventure! (0)
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 tonight.
Mostly I’m indecisive because I would like to go diving in the Atlantic this week but I already know I have to be in Florida the 18th-21st for Biketoberfest, (Which I’m totally stoked about. I love being places where everyone has something in common and they’re nothing like me. It such a great way to absorb a lot of information quickly.) so it wouldn’t make for a very efficient trip…but then again who said this trip has anything to do with efficiency.
And I just bought another rail pass yesterday so despite the fact that I’m dangerously close to broke at least I don’t have to worry about any travel expenses for the next month, so getting to and from Florida wont be a problem on that end.
I’m completely exhausted right now after only catching a couple hours of sleep on the train–
Hey! Maybe you can’t relate, but what the crap is up with conductors who try to do assigned seating on the train?! One stop after I got on, despite an almost empty car, the conductor asked me to move my stuff and made some lady sit next to me. Which normally wouldn’t be a big deal, but if all you want to do is spread out and sleep and you can see pairs of empty seats from where you’re sitting it’s kind of aggravating. And not in a “the grass is always greener sort of way.” More like an “are you freakin’ kidding me?” sort of way.
“Hey, do you mind if I head over to one of those pairs of empty seats so I can spread out and take a nap?”
“I’m afraid not sir, we’re going to have a lot of people aboard tonight and we’re going to need all the seats.”
Three hours later, after repeatedly trying (and failing) to speak Spanish to the lady next to me (who spoke less English than I do Spanish, so at least I was entertained) pairs of seats were still open! Eventually my neighbor got tired of my second-rate Spanish and dove into one of the empty spots across the way.
Four hours later I woke up at my stop curled in a ball taking up two seats and looked over to see my ex-neighbor doing the same…so obviously these mystery people who were supposed to take up the whole train weren’t getting on until after I left! So why…arrgh! I’m tired. You can follow the rant to its logical conclusion.
I’m done.
Brett.
Welcome to the wonderful world of the kindness of strangers:
Why NOT be a kind stranger?
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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 here to download the latest version.
Also, the podcast is available on iTunes now so you should probably drop whatever you’re doing and go subscribe right away.
And if all else fails here’s the link for the youtube version of the podcast.
Thanks a ton for all the support, everyone! Let me know what you think of the video!
I’m done.
Brett!
Chatta…who what now?
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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!).
I even got to try “sweet tea” for the first time. And let me just say, they need a better name for that stuff. Maybe ” sugar water” or “diabetes tea.” It tastes like the sugar took the tea out back and hit it over the head with a baseball bat before leaving it for dead.
Apparently I made some sort of face when I tasted it and my host, Robin, asked me if the sweet tea was too sweet, “Do you want to add some water to it?”
I thought to myself the whole point of sweet tea is that it’s sweet, right? It’s cheating to change the experience. That’s like a Spanish butcher asking if the bull testicles are too testicle-y and offering you a meatball instead.
The Braves game was intense, not nearly as intimate as Fenway but a totally different experience anyway. It was “fan appreciation day” and the Braves pulled out a late inning victory that sent the crowd into a tomahawk chopping frenzy. Definitely a fun way to spend the day.
And finally there was TUBING DOWN A RIVER! It was a strange change of pace after the way most of this trip has been, especially after hang gliding. In fact it was probably one of the most relaxing experiences I’ve ever had. Unfortunately, with my limited attention span and inability to sit still for longer than it takes to microwave a cup-o-noodle, the two and a half hour trip was a little longer than it needed to be.
But I still have some cool video for the tubing trip that will make an appearance in a few days. AND the hang gliding video is up on iTunes! Check it out!
I’m done.
Brett.
Welcome to the wonderful world of the kindness of strangers:
Why NOT be a kind stranger?
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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 my calls, replied to the most pressing emails and beaten my already impressive high score on the brick game that came preloaded on my cell phone.
It’s been 45 minutes.
Only 19 hours and 15 minutes to go.
The most irritating aspect (besides having to sit still in a severely undersized seat for 20 straight hours) is the complete lack of electrical outlets! Come on people, this is the 21st century, get it together!
So now, not only am I missing out on the 20 hours of quality video editing time I thought I’d be getting in my cozy train seat with its convenient 120v outlet but I find myself wedged between two ridiculously narrow arm rests hunched over my notebook writing this article with a pen (a PEN!) so as not to waste what precious little power Charley has stored up in his well designed battery.
(Obviously, by this point, I’ve either copied this over to Charley or you’re the creepy guy sitting right next to me trying to decipher my terrible, underused handwriting.)
However, this weekend I get to go tubing down the Chattahoochee River(!) so it’s hard to be upset for long (not that I’ve ever been that good at being pissed off). Plus there’s lots of exciting stuff going on with the site and I can’t wait to get a couple more videos up now that iTunes is doing its thing!
Okay Team, I better get back to twiddling my thumbs. Only 19 more hours to go.
I’m done.
Brett.
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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 up with Jim, one of the instructors at Highland. The weather wasn’t great. Lots of cloud cover, and it was a slow day so I spent the first few hours talking with Jim and Sonny, one of the owners.
Both had left mundane jobs for the exciting (read: strange) life of hang gliding instructors and had some interesting stories to share…you know, I was going to tell you a few of their stories but I’m still kind of fresh off the hang gliding high and I’m having trouble focusing on other people’s lives right now. Suffice it to say they’re both awesome guys and hang gliding is SO FREAKIN’ INCREDIBLE!
Jim spent a few hours with me going over all the parts of a hang glider and how they work. We put one together and got it prepped for flight and then did some exercises on the ground to teach me the basics.
You get kind of used to thinking of hang gliders as big kites strapped to people’s backs when you’re not “in the know” but I was really impressed with all the ingenuity that goes into the safety precautions built into them. They’re incredibly strong and well built flying machines, even the low-end stuff.
After I spent some time running into the wind with the glider on my shoulders and learning how to turn we went through the tear down and packing process.
This was followed by some good solid sitting around waiting for the weather to not suck, which seems to be the basis for most hang gliding days.
THEN, just when we thought we were going to have to postpone the flight for the next day…the clouds parted.
The rest of the day is nearly indescribable. Sonny towed Jim and I a mile above the Earth. No sound but the wind (and my constant “wows”) as we looked down on the clouds…crap, I’m getting goose bumps just writing about this. Seriously guys, do not hesitate to go hang gliding if you’re given the chance.
In fact, drop whatever you’re doing right now, book a flight to Maryland and go have the guys at Highland show you a good time.
Adam, the other owner, Jim and Zach, one of the other pilots, were even cool enough to let me join them for dinner and crash at there place! I owe them big. You too, Alek!
That hang gliding video is right around the corner and the Amtrekker Podcast is finally live on iTunes so go check it out and subscribe (That’s what all the cool kids do. You want to be a cool kid, don’t you?). It still wasn’t searchable when I checked earlier today, but this link should take you there.
Okay, I’m done.
Brett.
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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 folks with cameras around airports.”
“Pardon me?”
“People don’t take kindly to folks with cameras around airports.”
I wanted to say, “I heard what you said. I just think it’s retarded. Why are you hassling me for walking down the road with a camera around my neck?” What I ACTUALLY said was, “Okay.” This didn’t appear to be an acceptable answer either.
“You’re making people jumpy.”
“Seriously? Someone called you to tell you I had a camera?”
He gave me that look that says, “I don’t like you, I don’t trust you, and furthermore I think you’re an idiot.” Then he said, VERY seriously, “I wouldn’t be here if they didn’t.”
“Wow. Okay.” What else was there to say? It didn’t feel appropriate to apologize for owning a camera.
“Where you off to?”
“The airport.”
“What’chu planning on doing there?”
“Hang gliding.”
I was afraid that if I gave him too long of answers I’d get on a roll and forget to stop talking while I was thinking things like, “I can’t believe you’re here…this is easily the stupidest thing that has ever happened to me. Don’t you have anything better to do?”
He gave the squinty-eyed, “I don’t like you look again,” stared for a bit and then decided to speed off.
If I’m not mistaken, he seemed very disappointed I didn’t appear to be dangerous.
The day improved DRASTICALLY from there.
I smelled a cloud.
Number 23 is dead.
And thanks to Highland Aerosports…Ridgley, Maryland suddenly became one of the coolest places on the planet.
There will be A LOT more on this later. Video either tomorrow or Friday!
I’m done.
Brett
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