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 366 days.
See where Amtrekker's been for the last 366 days.

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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
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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
Last Minute Costume Idea: Hey Team, I know how stressful it can be to be scrounging around for a costume idea at the last minute. So, in an effort to make all your lives just a little bit easier I was able to dig up this pattern for a Halloween costume circa 1936. I’m here for you Team, call me […]    read more
I Will Survive. Hey, Hey.: Hey Team, Thanks for all the concern. I got a lot of emails and messages over the last twenty-four hours about last night’s double-failure. It kind of gives you one of those warm fuzzy feelings when you realize so many people are rooting for you. But for the record, you don’t have to worry about this kid. […]    read more
I Flunked Hitchhiking [podcast]: Hey Team, Yesterday was pretty rough. I spent almost twelve hours either on a bus or waiting for a bus and didn’t have my first bite of food until 10 o’clock…at night. I also had my first big Amtrekker failure. And lucky you, you get to watch! Hope you enjoy my misery. Loading… As always if you have […]    read more
Should’ve Listened to Detective Thorn: Hey Team, When I was in Orlando the other day I got to go through the Magic Kingdom for the first time since I worked there almost five years ago. I had a good time, but something was just a little off the entire time I was there. I wouldn’t necessarily call my time at Disney World […]    read more
I Think I Stepped in Knowledge: Hey Team, I’m in New York right now waiting to go to Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey this weekend with one of the girls who 1. HAPPENED to be staying with the same people I was in Orlando and 2. HAPPENS to work for Six Flags. It was important to make it back up […]    read more
#39 Motorcycle rally [podcast]: Hey Team, Here it is! One more step closer to home! Biketoberfest was quite an experience, I’m glad I get to share a little piece of that with you. #39 Motorcycle rally. Enjoy. Loading… Thanks for watching. If you like the podcasts be sure to head over to iTunes and subscribe…and write a glowing review. I’m done. Brett. If you liked this […]    read more
Broken News: Hey Team, I don’t have much time to write my own update today. LUCKILY, Cory Golden, reporter extraordinaire, and the Davis Enterprise have come to my rescue. What timing! Here’s the link to a .pdf: Davis Enterprise Article Enjoy! I’m done. Brett. P.S. The Biketoberfest Podcast is done I just need to find a faster connection so I can upload the […]    read more
The Green Kid: Hey Team, This week has definitely been unique and I have to admit I’m a little frustrated right now. So many interesting things have happened that I’d love to be writing about and there’s just not enough room on the page. Hopefully over the next couple days it’ll all spill out, but there’s SO much editing […]    read more
#9 - Tales from the Wayback Machine. [podcast]: Hey Team, Here’s a little something special I put together to combat my frustration that I wasn’t able to turn on my video camera during one of my favorite experiences from the trip. Call it a dramatization. Enjoy! Loading… The last two days have been JAM PACKED with excitement…so expect some of that excitement to leak out via […]    read more
Fish out of water(…and into retaw?): Hey Team, Question: What happens when you find yourself tossed in the middle of a huge group of people that have nothing in common with you (besides maybe the fact that they’re bipedal) yet EVERYTHING in common with each other, thus making you as out of place as possible? Answer: You find yourself one step closer to […]    read more
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