road trip Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/road-trip/ Funding the Adventurous Life Sun, 08 Oct 2023 17:16:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://i0.wp.com/clippingchains.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-TEST_CC_Logo-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 road trip Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/road-trip/ 32 32 150809980 An Ode to the Road Trip https://clippingchains.com/2023/10/09/ode-to-the-road-trip/ https://clippingchains.com/2023/10/09/ode-to-the-road-trip/#respond Mon, 09 Oct 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=9664 This is a bit unusual, but why not? Here’s my love letter to the road trip. The stress and anxiety of gathering. Second-guessing. Relinquishing routine and comfort. The long drive. Sweat on the back and stiffness of the spine and interstate gas stations and pissing on gravel with open doors in raw and white daylight. …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2023/10/09/ode-to-the-road-trip/feed/ 0 9664 From Squamish, With Love https://clippingchains.com/2022/09/26/squamish-with-love/ https://clippingchains.com/2022/09/26/squamish-with-love/#respond Mon, 26 Sep 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=8954 This is the second part in a travel series about our seven-week trip to Squamish and back. To read part one, start here. July 18, 2022: Canadian Border Crossing, Blaine, Washington I’ve lately taken to reading Google reviews of non-business entities for personal enjoyment. Say, for instance, someone who hiked an exposed ridgetop in early …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2022/09/26/squamish-with-love/feed/ 0 8954 EP 21: Blake Cason: Going Out on My Own https://clippingchains.com/2022/01/31/ep-21-blake-cason/ https://clippingchains.com/2022/01/31/ep-21-blake-cason/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=8247 Today on episode 21 I want to give a very warm welcome to climber and certified professional life coach, Blake Cason. Blake is the founder of Pivot Wellness and the co-founder of Climbwell, two organizations that allow Blake to integrate her extensive background in mental and behavioral health to make our lives better. Blake moved …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2022/01/31/ep-21-blake-cason/feed/ 2 8247 EP 18: Kenzie King: Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail https://clippingchains.com/2021/12/20/ep-18-kenzie-king/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/12/20/ep-18-kenzie-king/#respond Mon, 20 Dec 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=8091 Today on episode 18 I want to welcome Kenzie King. If you listened to last week’s interview with Michael Langer you will recognize Kenzie as Michael’s girlfriend. Kenzie and Michael walked away from lucrative engineering careers in Houston, Texas and moved into a van. Only months later, seemingly on a whim, they smashed the Pacific …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/12/20/ep-18-kenzie-king/feed/ 0 8091 EP 17: Michael Langer: Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail https://clippingchains.com/2021/12/13/ep-17-michael-langer/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/12/13/ep-17-michael-langer/#respond Mon, 13 Dec 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=8065 Today on episode 17 I want to give a very warm welcome to my guest Michael Langer, who along with his girlfriend Kenzie, walked away from lucrative engineering careers in Houston, Texas and moved into a van. Only months later, seemingly on a whim, they smashed the Pacific Crest Trail, hiking over 2,600 miles across …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/12/13/ep-17-michael-langer/feed/ 0 8065 EP 9: Your Questions Answered: Volume 3 https://clippingchains.com/2021/10/11/ep-9-questions-vol3/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/10/11/ep-9-questions-vol3/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=7805 This week I decided to dig through the digital mail bag for some questions. In this podcast episode, we take a dive on how to spend retirement money early, how to live off investment income, recommended index funds, life on the road, climbing with a significant other who doesn’t partake, taxes, spot-on recession predictions, and …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/10/11/ep-9-questions-vol3/feed/ 2 7805 Eliza Marsh: We Can Make This Happen https://clippingchains.com/2021/03/08/eliza-marsh-we-can-make-this-happen/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/03/08/eliza-marsh-we-can-make-this-happen/#respond Mon, 08 Mar 2021 14:48:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=6742 Good morning. My ankle is doing much better. Sorry to alarm some of you with last week’s post. The photo was bad, but I’m fairly certain it’s only a sprain. Much more importantly, this week I want to welcome Eliza Marsh. In this week’s interview, we discuss how Eliza has balanced a career with extended …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/03/08/eliza-marsh-we-can-make-this-happen/feed/ 0 6742 The Simple and Complicated Life on the Road https://clippingchains.com/2021/01/25/the-simple-and-complicated-life-on-the-road/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/01/25/the-simple-and-complicated-life-on-the-road/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=6342 We’ve been back in a house for just over a month, which feels like a good time to reflect on our five-month 2020 life on the road. We’ve all heard the myriad benefits of a life of full-time travel: a new and ever-changing environment, chasing good weather, meeting new people, and abundant nature. And certainly, …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/01/25/the-simple-and-complicated-life-on-the-road/feed/ 3 6342 Tales From the Road: Two Cows and a Horse https://clippingchains.com/2020/12/07/two-cows-and-a-horse/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/12/07/two-cows-and-a-horse/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2020 14:48:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=6149 Hi, how are you? I don’t have any super financial hacks, tips, or tricks. Not this week. That’s because I’ve been busy with some major adulting, which I discuss at the end. Back when it was rainy and dark and 2020 and I was in a bad mood, I wrote about how I was considering …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/12/07/two-cows-and-a-horse/feed/ 5 6149 Four Months on the Road: Can This Really Last? https://clippingchains.com/2020/11/16/four-months-on-the-road/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/11/16/four-months-on-the-road/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=6037 We’ve moved from high mountain valleys and ridge lines, to coastal tide pools and arid western expanses. As much as this journey has been the best lesson in the school of life, after four months, how much longer can we go? Today, we find ourselves at a crossroad and we’re lookin’ to make a deal. …

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