As the sun sets on this adventure, how could I not make a pilgrimage to KOA Coffee Plantation, the coffee I have been trying to better this entire trip? It came close in Alaska but everything else just palled in comparison. So, I went back down south, to Kona, the...

I hate making generalizations about people, but I found two generalizations that have fit everybody I have met from Hawai'i. The first is, off the islands, Hawaiians have absolutely no sense of direction. They can lost in a parking lot. North, south, left, right? It...

And around we go. I wasn't planning on doing it today. The weather on the Big Island can be hit or miss believe it or not. It really is like a microcosm of the US. Depending on where I am on the island, and what elevation, I can go from 60-80 degrees. On the dry side...

Well, close to a year after I first expected to be here, and after 5 months, 49 states and about 32,000 miles, I finally made it back to the Big Island of Hawai'i. A journey through 50 states of Covid America has come to a close. I am going to cheat a little bit here....

I do love Seattle. I just wish I could, well, get rid of a mountain range? The Cascade Mountain range is what keeps the Pacific Northwest lush and beautiful. It is also why there is such a gloomy winter. Despite popular belief, Seattle (and Portland) are not even in...

The final leg of the journey is really the first leg. It was the only leg. Hawai'i. This time last year? I was just exhausted. So damn tired. I remember exactly where I was and exactly where I would be: at work. I'd be spending Thanksgiving at work and then Christmas...

Every time I have gone to write a "road to" column, I've been wanting to write "The Road to Escondido." I didn't even know where it was. It pops into my head because it is one of my favorite albums, a collaboration between Eric Clapton and one of his favorites, J.J....

I know, I'm going out of order here if you are following me on Facebook or Instagram as well, but this seemed like a good spot to write about something I came across months ago in National Geographic: Friluftsliv. Friluftsliv is what we all need to embrace right now....

(I'm trying to catch up here) With a packed car, half of the stuff from my storage area, I headed out, just sopping for a night here and there as I made my way down to Austin. Friends, a winery and a Bloody Mary were awaiting me. And I place to finally unpack my car...

"I'm not finished!" --Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman, slamming his walking cane down on the table and rising up to deliver a blistering tirade. How apt. In the movie, he's blind. I was blind. I was blind to a lot of things. My vision is still blurry, but, after four...

This particular journey has come to an end. Or maybe it is just the end of this segment? The final tally was about 108 days, 49 states and 28,000 miles. I found a hotel room a few hundred yards from where I started. Well, where I started the second or third time. Now,...

The day started out in northern Michigan before the sunrise. That's been something interesting about the trip: latitude and altitude. It's just something that you don't think about much, but it's important as you zig zag across America over a few months. When is the...