No one thought anyone would want to live there. Well, no one except Steve Coon and those few vibrant souls that made downtown Canton a place that at least the 4 of us wanted to live. There were 5 of us originally and the lose of the 5th had a lot to do with the …
When do you know your summer on the road has come to a close? When your car is stolen. So many things have changed. Two minutes after walking in from my morning meditation, my friend Gema who I'm staying with in Vancouver walked over to me in the kitchen as I'm pouring my coffee and …
What started this whole summer on the road was my mom and I already being halfway out here and my friend Michael asking me to join him, his girlfriend Leah and their friend Eric on a camping, hiking trip to Mount Rainer National Park (NP), Olympic NP and North Cascades NP. Michael is the planner …
I love camping and I adore traveling alone. Camping alone has taken me a summer to get comfortable with I’m high on a hill outside of Kennewick, Washington about 2 miles off the paved road on Bureau of Land Management property. I have my tent staked in because of the wind, veggie soup heating up …
For all intents and purposes I'm homeless 🙂 Sleeping in a tent most nights and using whatever local coffee shop as my writing desk. I balance my days between 10 hour writing sessions and climbing mountains, swimming in Glacial lakes and reading in my hammock. In the short term, I've been traveling since May. In …
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This trip was the longest time my mother and I have spent alone together since I left for college; we drove from Louisville, Ohio through Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho! It all started when we were talking about what she might write on an online dating site about her interests …
Mitchell’s accident happened on Wednesday June 25, 2014. His body was recovered on July 7, 2014; what would have been his 26th birthday. Because his body was in West Virginia where the autopsy had to take place and we were having services in Ohio where we lived, we couldn’t have services until July 11, 2014. …
This is a love fest so if you’re fighting with your mom or pissed at your sister. Skip it. Haha For the past 12 years I have spent two weeks in Corolla on the Outer Banks of North Carolina with people …
You heard it here first. Arkansas has great yoga! At least in Matt and Holly! Yes, I went to the Outer Banks of North Carolina by way of Arkansas. Some might say not my wisest of directional choices, but I was delivering precious cargo! My dear friend Kenzie and her friend (my new friend!) Olivia …
I truly feel bad about the level of distrust that automatically bubbles up when anyone says they went to Ohio University for a year or two, but I didn't work out..... what didn't work out? It's the happiest place on the planet!! But in all honesty, Bobcats have a potentially unhealthy level of passion and …
Maranda Saling 