by Isaiah | Aug 19, 2015 | Road Trip 2015
North Dakota was one of the states I was looking forward to traveling through, not only because I’d never been there, but it seemed to fit my theme of going to the more neglected, low population regions of our country. And fittingly so, I entered it with so little...
by Isaiah | Aug 16, 2015 | Road Trip 2015
When I dropped off Kim at MSP airport to fly back to Asheville, thus began my road trip as I had originally conceived it: me and El Guapo across the open highway, unfettered, unscheduled, sniffing out America; living out of and sleeping inside of my car. It was also...
by Isaiah | Aug 15, 2015 | Road Trip 2015
The nudge to do an extended cross country road trip began well over a year ago. I talked a lot about the “idea” of it, but was never quite committed to it enough to firmly take it from the idea realm to the reality realm. I intended to do it summer a year ago, but...
by Isaiah | Aug 7, 2015 | Road Trip 2015
Roses, yes. But on this road trip across America, El Guapo and I are planning to smell some buttholes too. In the world of dogs, the way to get quickly acquainted with one another is to go straight to the pooper and take whiff. In the “people” kingdom, we’re much...
by Isaiah | Aug 5, 2015 | Road Trip 2015
When I began working with Academic Expeditions five years ago, I transitioned from a full-time guiding role in student travel, to a more versatile year-round role with a healthier balance between working from home and guiding only a handful of specific schools. I was...