I grew up in a ‘safe’ little neighborhood, in a ‘safe’ little suburb Southwest of Chicago where all my neighbors looked like me – middle class, white, and Catholic. This blog details the adventures of breaking out of that cage and escaping into the world...

Latest episodes of the podcast Adventures of an American Traveler

• The Trees Spoke To Me (Northern California)
• The Largest Tree in Illinois
• Six Loons a Dancing (Minnesota)
• Two Plus One Types of Fun (Maine)
• It Happened Again (Florida #3)
• Airboats & Gators (Florida #2)
• Give Peace a Chance, Lessons from the Manatee (Florida #1)
• Brodhead, Revisited
• Puerto Rico, La Isla del Encanto
• North Dakota – Teddy’s Beeson (Midwest Roadtrip #3)
• Wyoming – The Tree At Bear’s Lodge (Upper Midwest Roadtrip #2)
• South Dakota – O, Give Me a Home (Midwest Roadtrip #1)
• Camping on the Missy Sippy (Conversations with Myself)
• Sharpened Thoughts
• My Childhood Was Auctioned off To The Only Bidder
• Crystalline Skies in Northern New Mexico
• Garden of the Gods, Metha-don’t to My Junkie
• Fare Thee Well, Uncle
• Thoughts on an Airplane and in Tiny Hotel Rooms Halfway Around the World
• Unlocking Smoke Knots (Brodhead, WI #5)
• Thinking Nature Thoughts (Brodhead, WI #4)
• Soloing Independence Day 2020 (Brodhead, WI #3)
• Smoke Prayers (Brodhead, WI #2)
• Hundreds of Flashing Yellow Lights (Brodhead, WI #1)
• A Few Days With Cactus (Tucson #1)
• Belize Part 3 – Paradise In The Jungle
• Belize Part 2 – Ant Breath
• Belize Part 1 – Belizean Waters
• Dust in the Wind and Monkey Truce: A Week in Belize, Part 5
• Caye Caulker, Long Walking Monkey on A Short Pier: A Week in Belize, Part 4
• Snorkeling with Wifey and Monkey: A Week in Belize, Part 3
• Sounds of Silence with Monkey: A Week in Belize, Part 2
• Slapping the Monkey: A Week in Belize, Part 1
• Jordan, Part 4 of 4, Biblical Sites
• Jordan, Part 3 of 4, Petra
• Jordan, Part 2 of 4, Wadi Rum and The Red Sea
• Jordan, Part 1 of 4, The Dead Sea
• Adultery in Sedona, Part Last
• Adultery in Sedona, Part 2
• Adultery in Sedona, Part 1
• Dah yi’itihi (Hummingbird) Visions (Southwest Tour #3) (Grandfather #07)
• Dancing With Scratchy Old Men (Tucson #2) (Grandfather #06)
• Tree is We But We are Not Tree (Grandfather #05)
• Puma & Pirámides in Old México (Grandfather #04)
• Destiny is a Series of Destinations (Grandfather #03)
• The Fat Tailed Lizard in the Philippines (Seeking Tukó) (Grandfather #02)
• Talking Rocks in New Mexico (Grandfather #01)
• Tree Hugging (Southwest Tour #2)
• The Soul Knows (Southwest Tour #1)