Sept Still Awesome

Well, no more sailing. With engine difficulties and stolen dinghies, planning was becoming more and more difficult. I decided to forgoe the sailing even though i know it would be great. So I will spend three days in Costa Rica instead. I'm going to give the solo traveler a shot, kind of like a sabbatical. I'll go rafting and hiking and whatever and i'll be the only one in on the decision. I normally thrive off of having others around, so one of two things will happen:

1) I will discover that being alone every now and then is awesome and something i should have been trying to do sooner.
2) Being alone sucks like i previously thought and to never try traveling alone again.

Its either going to be enlightening or boring. But either way i'm gonna be in Costa Rica so who cares. Now all i have to do is actually set dates and buy tickets, which is proving more difficult than originally thought. But once i can hammer that out, i'm on my way.

Favorite Part of the Olympics?

Tonight I was asked what my favorite part of the olympics was. I thought about it and i don't have a favorite olympic sport that i look forward to. The opening ceremonies is a huge ongoing peeing contest. Every four years the opening has to be bigger and better than the previous, "oh yeah? well watch this!"


My favorite part of the olympics is when they show how many medals each of the countries have. USA is always in the top, the last three summer olympics we are number 1, and here are our results overall. Its one of those moments where everyone watching all over the country has a sense of pride. We get special cups at fast food restaurants with your favorite athletes you've never heard of and contests you can win by ordering bigger fries and America winning. It transcends political differences. America.

Sept Awesomeness

Remember this post?

Yeah, me too. Still not going around the world anytime soon as i chose being an adult instead. I will however continue to go places i haven't gone. In sept i will visit Costa Rica for a few days on my own unless someone wants to come with me. After that i head to meet my friend Josh in Panama where we will team up with our buddy Doug who we crewed for when we worked for Calypso doing sailing trips. We will sail around the San Blas islands for a week. After that back to Nashville, not quite as exotic, but still good. Phileas did it in 80 days, i'll do it eventually.