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 464 days.
See where Amtrekker's been for the last 464 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
I Swung Danced [video]: Hey Team, I had an unexpectedly entertaining night jam packed with me making a fool of myself. You may not all know this, but as it turns out, the music portion of my brain is either missing or broken. As a result, my ability to listen to music is almost non-existent. This makes some relatively simple […]    read more
Whose life is it anyway?: Hey Team, Wow. What a surreal day. Have you ever had that feeling that the life you’re leading maybe isn’t yours? Say, hypothetically, one day you suddenly find yourself thinking, “What will my life been when I’m 26? Will I be married? Will I have a kid? What kind of steady job will I have?” And […]    read more
TASTHIB - Urban Golf [podcast]: Hey Team, You’ve all ready read a little bit about Urban Golf, now see the fun and excitement first hand! Loading… If you have any problems with this viewer you can watch the youtube version here. Thanks Team. I’m done. Brett. Welcome to the wonderful world of the kindness of strangers: Why NOT be a kind stranger?    read more
Train Travel FTW: Hey Team, I don’t have a lot of time, or the connection for a lengthy update today, but that’s okay…cause I think the picture says it all. Also, I saw a man with his prayer rug out on the floor. Admirable…but I wonder how frustrating it is when east keeps moving. I’m done. Brett. Welcome to the wonderful world of […]    read more
Power Rangers Can’t Putt: Hey Team, When was the last time you saw a cowboy, a princess and a Power Ranger running through the streets of a major North American city hitting tennis balls down stairways with golf clubs into the middle of heated mahjong games? Really? Never? Cause, that was my yesterday. In a nutshell. My couch surfing host, Steph, talked […]    read more
How long?!: Hey Team, In honor of my one hundredth day amtrekking I’ve composed a few haikus in and effort to expose my soul to the world…I think. Vagrant, nomad, bum He wanders the continent Completing the list Without the strangers And their wonderful kindness I would be nothing How many more months It’s not for me to decide Pink cherry blossoms Sometimes it’s important for a haiku […]    read more
I Don’t Stand for Pedophiles: Hey Team, Under normal circumstances my travel days are pretty uneventful. I meet some nice people along the way, I sit on a train or (god forbid) a bus for several hours and then I stumble into a stranger’s house and take a nap. Yesterday was a little different. I had to take a (arrrgh) bus from […]    read more
#18 Pet a sloth [podcast]: Hey Team, Here it is! #18 Pet a sloth is deader than disco. Check it out! Loading… Let me know what you guys think and don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any problems viewing the video! This is still kind of a learning process. Comment! It’s what gets me through the day. I’m done. Brett. Welcome to the […]    read more
If you knock me on my butt, do I not bleed?: Hey Team, I’ve been in Ohio for a while now, but it’s been another one of those places where I’ve met a ton of amazing people that keep me so busy I don’t even have time to run away. I even got to play a hard core game of broom ball the other day in which I […]    read more
Slo-Mo: Hey Team, One of the most common questions I get asked on this trip is, “Which one of the things on your list do you think will be the hardest to accomplish?” The unfortunate thing about today is now I’m going to actually have to think about my answer next time someone asks that question. My […]    read more
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