Blog Updates and inspiration

Choose your own adventure – Colombia and Ecuador Maybe the question I get most frequently doing this trip is: ‘how did you plan for a trip like this? I am dreaming up something similar and don’t know where to start.’ The answer is: I chose a destination, a time frame, and beyond that, pretty much […]

I’m almost to the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, a part of the country less touched by tourism, raw with jungle, and Rastafarian culture. Everyone says it is more dangerous than the west coast, but I don’t give those warnings much credence anymore. This entire trip has been a warning from one local about the […]

I am now more than two months into my trip from Oregon to Patagonia, a full month into Mexico. We made it down the Baja peninsula but not without pain. The stretches of desert without towns or villages or visible life were emotionally exhausting. The heat and stress for water and food were not the […]

This is my first of many updates I am writing for the Invisible Children community about my bike trip from Oregon to Patagonia. This organization is about celebrating and defending the common humanity of us all, specifically focusing on defending the lives of children and families caught in war in central and East Africa. But […]