We pulled into Nashville after a 19 hour drive from Townsend, Massachusetts. At around 3:00am we arrived weary eyed and ready to sleep at Hope's friends house for the night. Hope worked with Eric doing volunteer work at City Year in New Hampshire. He turned out to be a great tour guide and really was able showed us the essence of Nashville in a very short time. I learned right away that this is a country music town. Every bar, convenience store, and street musici...

I am all packed up and moments away from leaving. I am really excited and ready to go. I would like to pause a moment and just get this off my chest first though. Here goes... We are in the midst of the worst economic recession since the 30's with housing values crashing, people by the millions are loosing jobs, and America is ever closer to the end of its reign as a unilateral world superpower. The whole landscape of the world has changed dramatically in only ...

Hey guys, This is my first blog posting on this site. This is a story that I have acquired before leaving for the trip. It was too good not to post. I was looking for a person to take the trip with me so I put up an ad on Cragslist. Many responded but this guy really caught my attention. Read below to find out why. I assure you he is not going on the journey for obvious reasons but I thought it might be fun to share what Samuel wrote me. I swear that thi...