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Nicaragua versus El Gringo, Part 2 – Why Nica?

The most common question I got before and during my travel to Nicaragua was, “Why Nicaragua?” This question was usually said in the tone of voice of someone asking the question, “What in the hell are you thinking?” As I … Continue reading

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Nicaragua versus El Gringo, Part 1 – Introduction

This was my first true experience travelling out of the country. I’ve been to Canada and a resort town in Mexico, so my travel so far has been located squarely in gringo-land. So travelling to Nicaragua was a huge, frightening … Continue reading

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Smoky Mountains – Balsam Mountain

A coworker of mine invited me to camp up in the Smokys this past weekend. He told me that he found a campground that was quiet and higher in elevation than the other camp grounds. I’ve been dying to get … Continue reading

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Friends and Places

I took a trip last weekend up to my good friend’s place up in southern Ohio.  He has a large beautiful plot of land up there. This trip reminded me of the importance of the human element of my trips. … Continue reading

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Beautiful TN morning

My view at 8am in Jellico.

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Manatee Springs Florida

On Thursday, I was looking at pictures of springs in Florida and decided to drive down to Florida and kayak one of them. I’m trying to be more spontaneous with my trips to see if they have any impact of … Continue reading

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Honda CRV Camping Bed/Storage – Test Run

I went on a spontaneous trip this weekend and decided to throw the bed in the back and see how it would fare. I had a piece of carpeting left over from a move and stretched it over the wood. … Continue reading

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Off to Florida!

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Kayaking the Chattahoochee

My roommate Chris and I took a trip up to Buford dam today to kayak the Chattahoochee. I tracked the trip using the Trimble app for my Android phone. We ended up covering nearly 15 miles of the Hooch. Again, … Continue reading

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