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After spending the last three years working, planning and saving in Orlando, Florida, I am breaking free and stepping out into the adventure that awaits. I've resigned from my professional job, said goodbye to friends and family, talked and talked (and talked) about the risks and fears associated with choosing this path (voluntary homelessness, open-ended travel dates, living off of savings, roughing it and camping in the wild, leaving the comfortable and familiar, following my passions and devoting myself to artistic development). And believe it or not, the call is stronger than the fear, and the right time is finally here.

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  Leaving Orlando   Orlando, FL on Mar 3, 2009 8 pictures 1 comment
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  First Few Days in Nashville   Nashville, TN on Mar 5, 2009 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Reflections on our month in Nashville   Nashville, TN on Mar 29, 2009 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Natchez Trace Parkway   Jackson, MS on Apr 5, 2009 14 pictures 1 comment
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  The Big Easy   New Orleans, MS on Apr 5, 2009 22 pictures 0 comments
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  Acadiana   Lafayette, LA on Apr 8, 2009 9 pictures 1 comment
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  Austin, TX   Austin, TX on Apr 11, 2009 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Remember the Alamo   San Antonio, TX on Apr 13, 2009 22 pictures 0 comments
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  Big Bend N.P.   Big Bend National Park, TX on Apr 15, 2009 29 pictures 1 comment
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  Guadalupe Mountains/Carlsbad Caverns   Carlsbad, NM on Apr 18, 2009 24 pictures 0 comments
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  Las Cruces/La Mesilla/White Sands   Las Cruces, NM on Apr 22, 2009 28 pictures 0 comments
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  Saguaro, Tucson & Coronado N.F.   Tucson, AZ on Apr 25, 2009 41 pictures 1 comment
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  Surreal, Suburban Arizona   Fountain Hills, AZ on Apr 25, 2009 5 pictures 1 comment
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  Red Rock County, Sunset Crater & Wupatki   Flagstaff, AZ on Apr 28, 2009 45 pictures 0 comments
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  Grand- South Rim and Inner Canyon   Grand Canyon National Park, AZ on May 1, 2009 30 pictures 0 comments
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  Zion & Fisher Towers   Springdale, UT on May 5, 2009 16 pictures 0 comments
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  Green River/Canyonlands Backcountry   Moab, UT on May 12, 2009 20 pictures 0 comments
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  Arches   Arches National Park, UT on May 13, 2009 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Mesa Verde   Mesa Verde National Park, CO on May 14, 2009 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Southwestern Colorado   Ouray, CO on May 15, 2009 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Black Canyon of the Gunnison   Gunnison, CO on May 16, 2009 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Bolder Boulder   Boulder, CO on May 24, 2009 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Not Much to Say   Santa Fe, NM on May 25, 2009 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Viva Blah Vegas   Las Vegas, NV on May 27, 2009 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Joshua Tree & L.A.   Los Angeles, CA on May 29, 2009 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Central Cali Coast   Monterey, CA on May 30, 2009 10 pictures 0 comments
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  San Francisco, Berkeley & Sausalito   San Francisco, CA on Jun 2, 2009 24 pictures 0 comments
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  Redwoods   Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, CA on Jun 4, 2009 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Sundry   Salem, OR on Jun 12, 2009 15 pictures 0 comments
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  Seattle Lite   Seattle, WA on Jun 18, 2009 15 pictures 0 comments
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  My Happy Place   Vancouver, Canada on Jun 22, 2009 21 pictures 2 comments
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  Sendoff from Salem   Salem, OR on Jul 31, 2009 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Where Have All the Glaciers Gone?   Glacier National Park, MT on Aug 4, 2009 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Drive across Montana   Livingston, MT on Aug 5, 2009 10 pictures 1 comment
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  Where Are All My Little Bear Friends?   Jackson, WY on Aug 6, 2009 30 pictures 0 comments
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  Beeline to Iowa   Iowa City, IA on Aug 11, 2009 3 pictures 0 comments
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  One Day   Toronto, Canada on Aug 15, 2009 10 pictures 0 comments
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  A Little Walkie & Talkie in Milwaukee   Milwaukee, WI on Aug 15, 2009 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Night Danger along the Shores of Lake Superior   Thunder Bay, Canada on Aug 21, 2009 29 pictures 0 comments
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  One Day Toronto Blues   Toronto, Canada on Aug 22, 2009 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Francophone Canada   Montreal, Canada on Aug 22, 2009 32 pictures 0 comments
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  Back in the U.S., Again   Burlington, VT on Sep 3, 2009 21 pictures 0 comments
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  Middlebury College   Middlebury, VT on Sep 4, 2009 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Retreat in the Catskills, Plus a Little History   Woodstock, NY on Sep 7, 2009 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Bear Sighting   Lenox, MA on Sep 8, 2009 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Boston & Outer Areas   Boston, MA on Sep 10, 2009 54 pictures 0 comments
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  Holding Court in Connecticut   New Haven, CT on Sep 12, 2009 23 pictures 0 comments
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  U.S. History Lesson   Philadelphia, PA on Sep 14, 2009 18 pictures 0 comments
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  District of Columbia   Washington DC, DistrictofColumbia on Sep 18, 2009 29 pictures 0 comments
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  Revisit, Regroup, Reload   Orlando, FL on Oct 1, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Week One in Oaxaca, MX   Oaxaca, Mexico on Oct 24, 2009 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Dia de Los Muertos   Oaxaca, Mexico on Nov 2, 2009 44 pictures 0 comments
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  Etla   Villa De Etla, Mexico on Nov 12, 2009 17 pictures 0 comments
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  Los Libros de 2009   Oaxaca, Mexico on Nov 22, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Monte Alban   Oaxaca, Mexico on Dec 13, 2009 46 pictures 0 comments
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  Around the Valley of Oaxaca- EAST   Mitla, Mexico on Dec 17, 2009 51 pictures 0 comments
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  Feliz Navidad   Oaxaca, Mexico on Dec 25, 2009 17 pictures 0 comments
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  Truchas for lunch in the Sierra Norte!   Ixtlán de Juárez, Mexico on Jan 14, 2010 20 pictures 0 comments
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  Saturday at Abastos Mercado   Oaxaca, Mexico on Jan 16, 2010 10 pictures 1 comment