I didn’t have to know . . . It was enough to trust that what I’d done was true. To understand its meaning without yet being able to say precisely what it was . . . It was everything. It was my life - …
A Foolproof Map for Living Deliberately
My last thought before falling asleep was that we are all a lot more capable of conquering obstacles and fears than we think. ― Rinker Buck, The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey As we made our …
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What Places Command Your Presence?
Prior to selling all of our things and hitting the road with our three young children, we had some pivotal experiences which led to our decision. Our trip to Pendleton, Oregon in 2012, was one of …
What Obstacles Will You Face Today?
It is estimated that between 20,000 and 30,000 pioneers died along the arduous Oregon Trail. That is the equivalent of 10 graves per mile. As we were driving across some of the most challenging …
What South Dakota Knows About Moving Mountains
If the future is to remain open and free, we need people who can tolerate the unknown, who will not need the support of completely worked-out systems or traditional blueprints from the past. - …
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Questions in Cooperstown
We have noticed a pattern as we have been traveling through important historical places in the past few weeks. As we walked over the North Bridge in Concord, where the first shots of the …