Our journey to Alaska began on a warm June evening. We left my parents’ house in the Berkshires (western Massachusetts), and headed west on Interstate 90 – the plan was to make it to Chicago by morning. The windows were down, our eyeballs were glittering with images of polar bears and glaciers, nothing could stop [...]
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No, that’s not Jesus’ footprint. It’s mine. Or maybe Christopher’s. I honestly can’t remember whose it is, but it doesn’t matter because it’s just a metaphor anyway. This post isn’t about feet – it’s about the relatively enormous environmental impact of our trip.
Lots of people are talking about gas prices these days, and as you [...]
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With all this driving we have to stop for gas pretty frequently – and we’ve been saving the receipts. This is probably of much more interest to us than all you out there, but if you’re curious check out the “At The Pump” page and see how the cost of gas varies state by state [...]
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Alright, so we’re a little late with the whole blog thing, but for good reason. When we first decided to quit our comfortable jobs, move out of a great apartment, and hit the road we ran into a little problem. To hit the road you need a car… and we didn’t have one. So we [...]
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