Solo Travel and Living on the Road in a Skoolie
I was talking with a friend the other day. She hasn’t been out of the country but still daydreams about taking that big solo trip on her own. Like I was, there are a lot of “buts” that came up in the conversation that kept getting in the way: Expense. Time. Age. Getting a passport. The…
My wheels pop and crunch on the gravel pathway that runs impossibly straight through a dense forest of lodgepole pines and aspen. Despite it being a mountain pass at around 9,000 ft. above sea level, the railroad grade of the Medicine Bow Rail Trail is very flat. To accommodate the old locomotive engines, anything more…
Carry-on only travel also means you can travel light, without dragging wheeled luggage through airports and train stations. Everything you have for the trip fits in your backpack. Here’s my easy solo travel packing list. Adjust it to your own needs. The main idea is the same: make sure the stuff you carry around with…
When I started with this journey, I set an idea in my mind of how I wanted the bus to be. Since I began at the beginning of September, the bus has continued to evolve. One of the best things about skoolie builds is how you can truly make them your own. Try that in…
Renting a car in Ireland might be one of the scariest things you can consider on your visit. You might have heard horror stories about narrow, twisting roads and crazy Irish drivers, and getting used to a right-hand drive might be pushing the bounds of your comfort zone. With the added challenge of most rental…
If you have been watching any number of travel shows, you might be under the impression there are only two extremes when traveling abroad. The Youth Hostel and the Luxury Hotel. You might find that your dreams of seeing the world are limited by cost when you look at home much a hotel room goes…
I’m taking the trip back on the Galway to Dublin train. A young man from Cork sits across from me. I don’t know his name, but I know his girlfriend’s. She is called Sinéad. I know this because her name is tattooed across the back of one of his hands. My temporary traveling companion is…
Many ancient civilizations believe that the Underworld is a realm of profane, twisted creatures, immortals dabbling in unholy practices, and beings with gaping, slavering jaws to devour your soul. The underworld is also attributed to the realm of faeries, the Other, and the sidhe. I had never been to Carlsbad Caverns, NM, but once I…