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Documenting America one block at a time

I am happy where I work now but I thought it'd be fun to make a goofy application for a job at A9 traveling cities in the US taking pictures. I am interested in the block view driver position. I...

Posted 02/09/05 @11:17 PM · Feedback (0/0)

Deserts past and future

Excerpts from journal entries while in the Sahara: 2-19-04 (large tent of nomad family) 4:21pm ...Currently I'm excited by the sand storm raging outside. It built up slowly at first and then all at once it kicked off. I keep...

Posted 12/19/04 @10:08 AM · Feedback (4/0)

Travel Update

I've stayed in Knoxville, TN, Asheville, NC, Washington, DC, Portland, ME, Boston, MA and Toronto, ON. Each stop has been really great and full of fun, enriching local moments. I've been keeping sporadic updates in a separate area. After having...

Posted 10/10/04 @02:09 PM · Feedback (2/0)

Great Sand Dunes now a National Park

The Great Sand Dunes have joined the A-List of the National Park system by dropping the Monument designation and becoming the newest National Park. The Interior Secretary had a ceremony for it September 13th, 2004. President Clinton had signed...

Posted 09/18/04 @02:39 PM · Feedback (0/0)

My dogs are barking

I suck. I didn't make it to Decatur. I made it to the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church at 7565 Greenbrier Rd. in Madison, AL and walked up to I-565 to get a ride back. I saw trains every hour...

Posted 05/15/04 @06:41 PM · Feedback (0/0)

Finding Resolve

Tomorrow morning I'm taking off on a walk around 8am or 8:30am. I'm walking from my house to the nearby town Decatur via the Southern railroad line. I just want to get to the L&N Railroad junction in Decatur....

Posted 05/14/04 @05:54 PM · Feedback (0/0)

"Climb every mountain, ford every stream.."

I did it. On my third attempt I summited the tallest peak at the Great Sand Dunes. It's a 750 foot high sand dune. It's more intimidating if you think of it as a 75 story building. I'd taken the...

Posted 09/01/02 @10:22 PM · Feedback (0/0)