We’re going (coming?) back to Vegas. In a perfect synchronicity of events, at the same time we decided that it’s the right time to go back to the land of sports betting and free buffets, our friend Amanda is closing on her new house and needs some fine upstanding hobos like us as roommates. The [...]

Things are serious now. We have a PCT gear spreadsheet. From all the things we’ve been reading, it seems like one of the biggest things you can do to help your success in any long distance hike is to manage your pack weight. This means ultra light gear. On the spread sheet, Andy has our [...]

We are still alive and still in Oklahoma. “Project X” ended up well for the week with Andy not getting kicked out of any casinos, refining his strategies and ending up in the black for the week. I went to Talihina for the weekend with a bunch of couchsurfers to “see the fall colors” and [...]

We made it to Oklahoma. It’s nice here. Norman OK is a college town and not what you would think of Oklahoma at all (think Austin compared to the whole of Texas). We’re staying at a weekly hotel that embarrassingly, we are in love with. It’s brand new, $200 a week and perfect. I went [...]

I’m lying in a white puffy bed, courtesy (well, not really a courtesy, we paid for it) of the Flagstaff Arizona La Quinta Inn. We abandoned our usual hobo tendencies of sleeping in a vehicle, tent or on stranger’s floor or futon and decided to spring for the lap of La Quinta luxury. Monday night [...]