First time ever in San Fran and what do I do?  Book it to see where the Tanner family lived back in the day, of course.  Forgive me — I do have my dumb touristic moments.  But can you really blame me?  A childhood spent bonding with Uncle Jesse, however single sided this bond may [...]

In an effort to break up the long ass train ride from Portland to San Francisco, we made a pit stop in Klamath Falls, Oregon.  This is possibly the most podunk town I have ever willingly visited.  Like, a population of 20,000.  Like, if it were upstate NY there would be more cows than people.  [...]

Second stop this summer: Portland, Oregon.  Most notable outing: wine tasting in the beautiful Willamette Valley at White Rose and Stoller Vineyards.  Delectable pinots from this region.  And a delectable connoisseur named Gavin at White Rose.  Go and see for yourself.

This summer I spent six weeks backpacking through the states with my dear friend Eliza (the lovely lady pictured below).  First stop was Seattle to visit my old roommate Vince (also below).  The beginning of our trip happened to coincide with the commencement of the FIFA World Cup.  The working title of our adventure became [...]

Way back in May I spent a couple of weeks in my hometown in upstate New York.  Although I would kill myself of boredom if I ever were forced to live there again, it’s an awesome place to visit in the summer because of it’s central location to all things great outdoors.  A very old [...]

This side trip from Rio actually took place back in April right before I decided to return to the states.  The reason I am only now posting these images several months later is because I was on another backpacking adventure through the US of A for the first half of the summer.  It’s hard to [...]

Lima was my last stop on the way back to Rio.  I only spent two days here in the flower filled neighborhood of Miraflores, but it was a much needed respite and had some cool things to offer, as well.  Namely the sweet view of the coastline.  It was nice to be back at sea [...]

There was a minor problem that occupied my first day in Cusco – I did not in any way expect Maccu Picchu to have reopened.  I had stayed in La Paz for too long and only had three days before I was scheduled to catch a flight to Lima.  My fellow travelers were dead set [...]

I’ve already written about the unexpected trek through dangerous territory to get to this city in the sky.  It was rough going, but upon entering the gates, it was breathtaking and totally worth it.  And also much larger than I had anticipated.  For being such a vertically challenged people, the Incas must have been extremely [...]

After dragging ourselves away from La Paz, we made a day long pit stop in Copacabana to see the highest navigable lake in the world — Lake Titicaca.  I have no idea what the name translates to, but the obvious gutter jokes make for a lot of laughs.  The town of Copacabana is quite lovely [...]