GO!!
Wait, I mean… make sure you are wearing pants. But then GO. Most great adventures die without ever making it out of the driveway. For every trip that gets off the ground there are a dozen that died some where in the planning stages. Traveling is not hard, so what are you waiting for?
This blog is not meant to allow you to live vicariously through other travelers while you pin things to your “inspiration” pinterest board. The information contained in these pages is to be used, tested, challenged even. Its contents are best enjoyed once you’re dying of exhaustion after a long hike. It also reads well in bus terminals to unknown destinations. I promise you it’ll all still be here once you’ve put a little pavement under your tires.
We live in an unprecedented information age. Unfortunately that has lead to an unprecedented amount of paralysis. People are too often waiting until they have the perfect route mapped out. Its like not only waiting to dive in until they know how deep the water is, but also wanting to know the wind speed, air temperature, and how many seagulls fly by on an average day.
The perfect trip exists. It’s the one you actually take. I promise that if you spend weeks planning out how you’re going to travel it’ll take less than 12 hours for your trip to go “wrong.” Be it a closed road or act of weather, traveling with a strict plan is tempting fate.
If you’ve got some common sense, your trip can’t go wrong, just different. Its not an adventure until its a misadventure anyway. The best parts of your trip will be completely unexpected. You can’t plan on discovering a secret beach, or improvising the ingredients in your cooler into the best breakfast burrito ever.
Please, if all you want is another instagram feed filled with beautiful photos to browse in your pajamas, unfollow me now. While I do hope to entertain and inspire, I will have failed if you use it as a “someday” crutch. So to recap:
Rule #0: Check for Pants
Rule #1: Go
Still reading for a real tip? Okay, When facing north the cardinal directions clockwise are Never Eat Soggy Waffles. The best diners have at least 3 calendars hanging on the walls. Hippies wearing sailor hats will always get you into trouble. Now GET!
