HOME | DD

Description
On April 4th, I left Houston, TX on a solo road trip with no real plans except to travel old Route 66, see the Grand Canyon and make it to Las Vegas before turning around. 16 days, 4,093 miles, and 6 states later, I had done those things and so much more.

I had camped in my car in Oklahoma while wildfires raged around me. I explored forgotten Glen Rio on the Texas/New Mexico state line. I discovered this gutted church in Taiban on my way to the Billy the Kid Museum in Fort Sumner - the church now abandoned for over 80 years, nearly 3 times as long as it saw active sermons. I saw relics and remnants of Americana as it once was on old 66. I hiked hillsides to old mining camps. I met cowboys and Indians. Drove through a mountain pass in Arizona with switchbacks careening dangerously around steep slopes with no guardrails. Got burned by the desert. Shared my trip with an audience of social media followers back home and across the world. An incredible experience all around.

It was a trip I had wanted to take since I was a young teenager, wanting to run away without yet knowing what from. I know now. And I know that adventure still runs through my veins, as well as the dreams in my head.

Description
On April 4th, I left Houston, TX on a solo road trip with no real plans except to travel old Route 66, see the Grand Canyon and make it to Las Vegas before turning around. 16 days, 4,093 miles, and 6 states later, I had done those things and so much more.

I had camped in my car in Oklahoma while wildfires raged around me. I explored forgotten Glen Rio on the Texas/New Mexico state line. I discovered this gutted church in Taiban on my way to the Billy the Kid Museum in Fort Sumner - the church now abandoned for over 80 years, nearly 3 times as long as it saw active sermons. I saw relics and remnants of Americana as it once was on old 66. I hiked hillsides to old mining camps. I met cowboys and Indians. Drove through a mountain pass in Arizona with switchbacks careening dangerously around steep slopes with no guardrails. Got burned by the desert. Shared my trip with an audience of social media followers back home and across the world. An incredible experience all around.

It was a trip I had wanted to take since I was a young teenager, wanting to run away without yet knowing what from. I know now. And I know that adventure still runs through my veins, as well as the dreams in my head.