Lessons Learned Here’s a lesson I’ve learned while traveling: no matter how well you plan (or avoid planning) for a destination, the absolute best way to see a place, distilled down to its most authentic ingredients, is to get someone...

We started off strong in Kentucky.  Over the last few days my balloon started losing air for it.  You guys know I'm fickle... it's not a trait I'm proud to highlight but I don't deny it either.  I'm prone to extreme feelings...

Literally as we fired up the Chief to drive away from Reno I checked the website and the chains restriction was lifted on Donner Pass.  Until I saw that, we had been planning to head to Lake Tahoe, overnight and then...