Kiteboarding!: Hey Team, I may not be at 100% just yet as I continue to recover from that wicked cold/flu/cholera from last week but that didn’t stop me from getting dragged face first through the Atlantic Ocean today! I’m back in Charleston, SC where I met up with Chris, who it turns out isn’t just a better than […]    read more

I’ve Made a Huge Mistake?: Hey Team, So about that potential mistake I may or may not have made… I spent just about everything I had left today on a sixty day pass that will take me everywhere I need to go for the next two months. The down side? 1) It’s on Greyhound and 2) I still have to survive. But, this […]    read more

Go Time: Hey Team, I’m feeling a little better today. Is it weird that I feel REALLY bad for getting sick? Like I’m kind of letting you all down by not being as productive as I could be? Regardless, I’m still nowhere near 100% and this has definitely thrown off my “schedule” but I think I’m ready to move […]    read more

Bucket List?!: Hey Team, I’m too young to die. I better not be this sick because people keep calling this a bucket list! So help me if I just keep getting sicker and sicker until the last thing gets crossed off the list then know this: I will not hesitate to add a LOT more things to the […]    read more

Metal Underpants and Nostalgia: Hey Team, Today was the last day in New York for a while and I decided it was finally time to check out the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I love museums but on this adventure I tend to avoid touristy stuff (as much out of budget concerns as a desire to see all the stuff that […]    read more

I Sailed. I’m a Sailor. I Can Sail Things. (No Big Deal): Hey Team, This week has been absolutely insane. This is the first moment I’ve had to sit down and write and not feel like I have to knock things out and get on to my next activity. INSTEAD, I get to sit tight, feel clean for the first time in a month and toss things around […]    read more

Boring Ol’ News, Exciting New Fun: Hey Team, Today was a crazy busy day and I’m a little too exhausted to go into much detail. (I have to wake up early and it’s almost early already.) But I have to get the news out there. I went sailing on the Hudson River today! And to be perfectly honest, once lunchtime came around I […]    read more

#19 Help Out on a Plantation! [podcast]: Hey Team, I really thought this one was going to get posted on time for once but I ended up having to REedit the whole thing. But who cares, right?! Cause here it is live and in living color (minus the Wayans )! “Amtrekker travels to the Boone Hall Plantation in Charleston to see if he […]    read more

Stuff to Gawk At: Hey Team, The podcast is compressing but it wont be done before I take off for the live Diggnation taping so it’ll make it up tomorrow morning. In other news: I realize this is supposed to be cute and cool and make me want to buy watermelons but does this remind anyone else of “Hannibal?” How come […]    read more

Wait…What Month Is It?: Hey Team, Ten o’clock last night found me hanging around in a rose garden as I was passing through Raleigh. More importantly it found me staring off into space when suddenly I saw an ash floating through the air. “That’s strange,” I thought as I starting scanning the terrain for an out of place campfire. Then the ash […]    read more