roadtrip Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/roadtrip/ Funding the Adventurous Life Sun, 08 Oct 2023 17:16:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/clippingchains.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-TEST_CC_Logo-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 roadtrip Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/roadtrip/ 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 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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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/11/16/four-months-on-the-road/feed/ 2 6037 Three Months on the Road: Pacific Northwest https://clippingchains.com/2020/10/12/three-months-on-the-road-pacific-northwest/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/10/12/three-months-on-the-road-pacific-northwest/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=5884 We’ve spent three months on the road, mostly in the Pacific Northwest. From our origin in Colorado, we’ve journeyed through Wyoming, Montana, and now the lovely state of Washington. Let’s review, shall we? Is It All a Dream? It’s early July. The sound of my wife’s jarring iPhone alarm pulls me out of some restless, …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/10/12/three-months-on-the-road-pacific-northwest/feed/ 2 5884 In Contrast: The Reality of Life on the Road https://clippingchains.com/2020/09/07/in-contrast-the-reality-of-life-on-the-road/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/09/07/in-contrast-the-reality-of-life-on-the-road/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2020 13:18:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=5652 What follows is an essay outlining the stark contrast of life on the road. It’s frankly easy to get really frustrated out here. Social media, blogs, and YouTube channels often paint a masterpiece of life on the road as an effortless, pillowy dream state and hall pass from reality. We’d certainly spent enough nights outside …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/09/07/in-contrast-the-reality-of-life-on-the-road/feed/ 3 5652 Week 1: Lander, Wyoming: Working Out the Kinks https://clippingchains.com/2020/07/20/week-1-lander-wyoming-working-out-the-kinks/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/07/20/week-1-lander-wyoming-working-out-the-kinks/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=5342 This week I bring you the first installment of our homeless series from beautiful Lander, Wyoming. As described in this post, we’ve decided to list our house for sale and hit the road for an extended road trip. In our first week, we’ve seen the good, the bad, and the downright ugly of life on …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/07/20/week-1-lander-wyoming-working-out-the-kinks/feed/ 2 5342 In Pursuit of Passion: Chuck and Maggie Odette https://clippingchains.com/2018/10/29/in-pursuit-of-passion-chuck-and-maggie-odette/ https://clippingchains.com/2018/10/29/in-pursuit-of-passion-chuck-and-maggie-odette/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2018 13:00:13 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=353 For those unfamiliar with the climbing world, climbers — perhaps more than any other sport participants — routinely restructure their lives in very unconventional ways to pursue the sport more fully. As we’ve discussed here and here, in the U.S. at least, this usually means taking on an increasingly mobile existence — sans house/apartment/permanent dwelling — …

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