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Settling In on a Small Rollercoaster – Santa Fe, NM
This post is a bit more personal. It’s not particularly easy to share, but it’s an essential part of our story. As time has passed, the pain and embarrassment have faded to a distant memory of the tribulations that come with transition. Back in Santa Fe, Maggie and I were settling in to our casita,…
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Russell Gets a Job… Briefly
After a couple weeks of bopping around, I returned to Salida, CO. Back on the job hunt, my prospects felt grim, at least until my mom sent me a link to a Facebook post on the Salida Community page. It was a simple job ad: While this opportunity was by no means a new career,…
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More on Motivation
Now that you have the “what,” many have asked “why?”. Why leave behind all the creature comforts of modern civilization to live in a tent and carry 30 pounds of gear for 20 miles a day? At this point, many thousands of people have completed a thru hike of one, or more, of the three…
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The Great Resignation, Good Luck, and a Very Golden Birthday
I quit. It was great, if a bit anticlimactic. My heart was racing in the moments before, breathing hampered by my government issued dual layer cotton face mask. Oh but the relief after handing over my letter of resignation to my manager, whom I had only met face to face fewer times than you could…
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Welcome!
Sit down, stay a while, weary traveler. You’ve only just found the beginning of, what will hopefully be, the adventure of a lifetime. This blog serves to document our journeys so friends, family, and fellow citizens of earth may follow along. The adventure begins in January 2022.