KickTraq

 Everything I am experiencing is richer, more iconic than I could have preplanned. There were just too many unknowns for me to have even imagined. This family that is hosting me is teaching me to cook traditional Argentine BBQ. My mind is on high... (Read More)

Us Americans have Route 66. Argentina has Route 40. It's over 5000 kilometers long and traces some of the most beautiful parts of Argentina. So many people keep telling me I must go down it. I think I will. But of course I will swing over to Buenos... (Read More)

I've reached a town called San Salvador de Jujuy. It's at elevation 4000 feet. I descended 6500 feet in the last two days, which sounds like a bikers dream, but the raging headwinds blew so hard it felt like I wasn't moving at all. I am completely... (Read More)

Biking alone is a wild experience. I have been, no joke, talking to myself all day. Narrating every damn thing I do. It makes me laugh, which in turn adds to the weirdness. I can already tell this alone time is going to be an important part of the... (Read More)

Starting early in the morning tomorrow, I will be back on the bike for a while, but will hunt down internet wherever I can to update you guys and say thank you! Shouldnt be gone long. But I have miles to go before I sleep.  (Read More)

Money is a strange thing. People cling to it and worship it and give it all kinds of power. We live in a world where the worship of money is often the one true god for most people.  But you guys. Wow. You work your asses off to make money, and then... (Read More)

I happened upon the potato salad Kickstarter crowd funding after seeing an article in my Facebook feed over the holiday weekend. I clicked the link. I smiled and even laughed a little, but then I really started thinking. While funny I'm really over the potato salad crowd funding campaign. It's makes me sad and minimizes the value that crowd funding can bring. It is clouding judgment and hiding real crowd funding opportunities for companies building great products, beautiful art and families who in crisis who are looking for financial help. We need to be discussing these things. (Read More)

Every Bolivian is staring at me. I am overwhelmed.  100% of whatever comes in now goes to me writing the actual book in 2015.   (Read More)

I'm sitting here, totally alone in a coffee shop in Bolivia, the wifi is terrible, and everyone is looking at me like I've soiled my britches in a public place. I keep wiping tears from my eyes and I have fully sweat through two layers of shirts.... (Read More)