Dustin, The Wind.

Here it is! At long last, the Sacred Valley 100 Mile Ultramarathon Rodeo roundup recap bonanza. My third attempt at this personal challenge of mine, for those who are new here. Another failed attempt, more great adventure. This third failure was a tough pill to swallow. I've finally choked it down. The episode is long...over 3.5 hours. It opens with a 30 minute introduction recorded by me alone, a month after the day of the run on June 11. The introduction is somewhat of a love letter. A little bit of heartbreak, and a little bit of hope. Mostly, I'm trying to explain the question I always get..."WHY? Why why why!!" Following my solo introduction, the episode transitions to a 3 hour conversation between Trevor and I. My good good buddy who made the trip to Peru to help me see this through. Troubled wazza brewing in the weeks and days leading up to the run, on the big day things didn't go how I envisioned almost from the very beginning and I let the curveballs get the best of me. The fallout from the run was equally as painful. Trevor and I try to move slow and steady, one foot in front of the other, and break the whole thing down. It's a hard pill to swallow, but the medicine is working. Trouble, trials, disappointment, agony, joy wonderment, awe, laughs, mind blowing, and bizarre....this Round 3 is one for the memory bank!!! Please enjoy the stories. Thank you for listening. And.............stay tuned for Round 4. PEACE!!!

Welcome back the Dustin, The Wind podcast! Thank you all for tuning in after a long hiatus. You've made a fantastic decision as we are joined this week by a special guest, a tough and gritty girl in the midst of her own grand adventure— I call her Olivia “In Bolivia” Grazziano. Olivia and I met in Pisac, Peru as she made a pit stop in the Sacred Valley and was caught in the valley's vortex, like countless other's (myself included), in a tale as old as time. Olivia has lived nomadically for the past 5 years in a camper van. She's currently trading the van life in to ride a bicycle 10,000 miles+ through South America from the tip of Chile back to the place she calls home, Colorado. She is also an avid climber, skier, and trail runner. Professionally, she started out as a humanitarian aid and documentary filmmaker for a production company based in Washington DC. This job took her around the world to Kenya where she lived with and documented the daily lives of the Maasai tribe and into the remote jungles of Cambodia to share the story of successful economic initiatives in communities devastated by the Khmer Rouge. Some other projects included interviewing the stories of refugees and going as an undercover video journalist to capture the aftermath of the Garissa University terror attack and Hong Kong Polytechnic University protests in 2019.  She also runs her own weddings film company called Wild of the Moon.Hop in the saddle, clip in (if that's your thing), grab a sip of water and rolllll with us through a little bit of South American bike packing adventure! Olivia shares stories from her bike packing adventure so far from Puerto Natales, Chili to Cusco, Peru-- trials and tribulations with aggressive dogs, a ride in a Chilean ambulance, trusting total strangers separated by a language barrier. She shares insights about the day in the life of a South American bike packer (and being a solo female traveler to boot!). How much ground does she ride in a typical day and how much time in the saddle does that translate to? What are her 5 essential pack items to survive such a journey? Where does she sleep, how does she filter water, what does she eat?So please...ENJOY this fun conversation between two fellow bike packers and avid travelers and WELCOME BACK to the Dustin, The Wind podcast!PEACE! 

Welcome everyone to the Dustin, The Wind's second birthday party. Unfortunately, it's not much of a celebration. But I do share my thoughts on what I have learned through podcasting over the last two years. I talk about the value I've gotten out of expressing myself from wardrobes, to hairstyles, to podcasting. Putting myself out in the world. Having a voice. Having a style. I talk about what will happen with the podcast moving forward and what I will be up to moving forward. The pressure of having a girlfriend, wife, and "normal" life. My vision of tomorrow. Taking care of today. Unfinished business to be dealt with regarding the 100 mile run. The shift in my mind over the last few years away from Science as a God. My relationship with marijuana. Much love to all who have listened to the podcast for the last two years. It means a lot that you choose to tune in. This isn't the end, we are just changing lanes. PEACE!!!

#lawdhaveMercer This week I give a quick update on 75 semi-flaccid Hard after a long weekend of wedding-ing. I talk mostly about diets- bouncing back after long weekends, bouncing back after craving breakdowns, and always bouncing back to a healthy lifestyle. Diets are dumb, healthy lifestyles are better. (3 days heavy drinking at weddings is not healthy*). I also share exciting news regarding what is now known as the Bolivian Backpacker Series but will soon be known in book form by a different name. I hired a developmental editor to provide feedback on the first 5000 words of the draft and I was quite pleased her notes and look forward to a new stage of the process with fresh excitement.

On Wednesday morning (9/21), Armenia's Independence Day, I sat down with Sam to discuss* the state of Armenia and the events which took place last week in Armenia and Yerevan. Including attacks by Azerbaijan on sovereign Armenian land and a subsequent visit by Nancy Pelosi- the highest ranking US official to visit Armenia since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Sam was at Yerablur on Armenia's Independence and was detained by police as was every other civilian at the cemetery, many of whom were parents of fallen soldiers and were beaten and dragged off by the police in anticipation for PM Nikol Pashinyan's ceremonial visit to the cemetery. Some of you will remember Sam from his appearance on the podcast in 2020 after fighting in the 44 day war for Artsakh when we first met in Yerevan shortly after he returned from the front lines near Shushi. Welcome back, Sam (Dustin, The Wind's first guest nearly two years ago) and thank you for sharing your knowledge and opinions. **Mostly I listened while he talked and Sam and he did a wonderful job explaining the current events, the region's history, and his all around thoughts on Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Very happy to share this with Sam.

Welcome to the final episode of the Bolivian Backpacker Series!! After 4 long months we have arrived at last to the end of the Bolivian journey. Thanks to all who have listened all the way through. I had no idea what I was doing when I started this project, but now with all 7 episodes behind us and the work done to get here the point of the project has revealed itself. My apologies for the endless slogging accounting detail!! I will now turn my attention to crafting this story into a book by creating a chapter by chapter structure with theme and conflict and move it along at least twice the pace of this first draft. In this episode I recount the final 3 weeks of my time in Bolivia- a weeklong stay in Caranavi- the coffee capital of Bolivia, quick pit stop in La Paz, a serediptious discovery in the Andes mountain village of Sorata, a couple days of peace on Isla del Sol, and a frustrating goodbye to good ol Bolivia! Enjoy!!

100 episodes of Dustin, The Wind! I'm super excited that this episode and these stories landed this week for episode 100. My time spent at ONCA in the Bolivian amazon was a special experience and a joy to write about and share with you. I hope you enjoy. Part 2 of living and working at ONCA in the Bolivian Amazon. This episode has more stories with capuchin monkeys and we are introduced to Kali, the jaguar. I share the story of how I ended up in a crusty Bolivian emergency room, dengue virus, life at camp in the rainforest, and finally say goodbye to the monkeys, the jaguars, and the people of ONCA.

This week I talk about going back to work, wild crop dusting pilots, perspective driving one mad, feeling good sober and healthy, strange recurring memories of the past, dreaming, student loan forgiveness,

Welcome back to the Bolivian Backpacker Series episode 5!!! We finally made it to the Amazon Rainforest. Have you ever wondered what life in the rainforest would be like? If so, you came to the right place! This episode is part one of a two part series of my experience working in the Bolivian Amazon at ONCA, an animal rescue and rehabilitation organization whose mission is to care for animals confiscated from Bolivia's illegal animal trade and rehabilitate them back to wild status. Put on some rubber boots, pack a mosquito net and join me for the first two weeks of the experience where we will care for monkeys by day and sleep little at night. It was a fun loving, dirty living experience. I hope you enjoy the stories and come back for part two. In the meantime you can go back to part one of the Bolivia Backpacker Series to get all caught up on the adventure. Enjoy! and if you do enjoy the episode please share it with a friend.

This week I talk about the 75 Hard challenge that I started today, Monday August 15 with 3 friends. Why I'm doing the 75 Hard, how we plan to attack the challenge, why I'm calling it the 75 semi-hard, and why I am choosing to change certain aspects of the rules that I don't agree with. I also try to get at the benefits of doing the 75 hard, what makes the undertaking valuable despite not following the rules to a T and more. Enjoy

Oahe Marathon Round 2- this week's episode is all about marathon masquerading. We call it the Oahe Marathon and we do run a marathon but at the end of the day the marathon is only the vehicle for pain and the idea is to dive in without preparation. To see what we are capable of when the going gets tough, when the blisters ooze, the hip flexors throb, lighting bolts strike the joints, and cramps try to bring us down. It's about overcoming the discomfort, the pain, and temporary suffering to cross the finish line. Persevere, endure, and finish the fight. This year was also about going through it together. We start together, we finish together, we help each other through! That was my favorite part of the Oahe Marathon 2.0. To say we've ran a marathon is only the cherry on top but doesn't begin to tell the story. Enjoy!

This week I come to you from gate D34 at the Las Vegas airport. I share my thoughts on my first visit to San Diego, California (spoiler alert: it was awesome!!!) and talk about taking the best yoga class in the world in Las Vegas and following it up with a THC edible infused flotation tank/ sensory deprivation tank and reaching for the first time what I think is the state of being talked about about in meditation as "nothingness". A truly quiet mind- what a cool experience!

Walk home from yoga with me this week in Austin, Texas. I take a 30 minute walk home from Black Swan Yoga on Orchard to the Within Center on 22nd. I fight traffic and blab my mouth. *Heads up, if background noise drives you crazy this episode will drive you crazy. If you can get over it for 30 minutes, you will not go crazy. I don't blame you either way.

This week I sat down with my great friend of more than 10 years, South Dakota's own honey king, Brook Woehl owner of Duke's Bees. Kid knows bees- we talk bee business (busy bees), bee agriculture, the many substances of bees, quite a lot of bees really. Beeswax, bees knees, and bee keys. Raw honey, filtered honey, organic(?) honey. We talk all things bees and the business of bees.

This week I introduce THOT YOGA, a new "Dustin, The Wind" TEXTLINE NUMBER (605)-606-4647, I share a 10 minute audio clip from episode 32 of the podcast where I talk about the impression Pisac made on me during my first visit in 2021 (the clip starts at 20:17 min and ends at 28:20 min. There is a lot of dead space as it's just me talking through my thoughts to myself in a hostel dorm bed after my first experience with a special cactus), after the throw back piece I jump in different readings from the books I'm currently reading- Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley, How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan, and Gift of Power: The Life and Teachings of a Lakota Medicine Man by Archie Fire Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes. Huxley felt with mescaline that everything is supremely as it should be, Pollan shares the story of Gordon Wasson meeting Maria Sabina the healer from Mexico and the fallout of his Life Magazine article from the 50's, and Archie Lame Deer writes about the sacred sundance of the Lakota people and shares his thoughts on outsiders (white people) who want to join and a consequence from the 80's when they allowed an outsider to participate in a sundance ritual. Send me a text at the new Dustin, The Wind hotline (605)-606-4647 !!

This week I practice some more yoga, talk about yoga bringing awareness to all my cracks, and pops, and soreness. Briefly recap another blur of a fireworks season spending lots of time on the road and having the opportunity to travel some of the same highways I traveled during last summer's 50 states road trip, amazing sunsets, blooming cancer crops, and missing my family during the holidays. I talk about the challenge I had recording and posting last week's episode and try to share how I feel about posting on the internet at times when I have doubts and when my mind is not at ease. Finally, I end the podcast by talking the Netflix documentary releasing next Tuesday (July 12) called "How to Change Your Mind" based of Michael Pollan's best selling book from 2018 by the same name and skimming a 2006 peer reviewed paper from Johns Hopkins University titled, "Psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experienceshaving substantial and sustained personal meaning and spiritual significance". Enjoy!

Sorry for the delay this week. This week's episode opens with a speech given by Teddy Roosevelt called the Strenuous Life then I ramble on about America settling back in on me. Gas stations, plastic nonsense, frozen food and fast food- living in a food desert on fertile ground. Cynicism, trust, frustrations, worries.

The story this week is transportation- Andean hitchhiking adventures and an epic bus ride down the Eastern slopes of the Andes into the Amazon. Multiple water balloon fights, full body hives, lots of wine. Trusting our intuition, moving confidently, and finding the spirit.

This week I am taking a break from the Bolivian Backpackers Series and free ballin' it. It has been quite some time since I podcasted without a plan and I had a great time tonight just opening my mouth and seeing where my mind would wander. This week I offer advice to make a crazy person, share my surface level thoughts and observations from my first week back in the United States since last October, coming home for my cornhole championship trophy, haunted basements (parts of this story are untrue), retiring as a Federal Podcaster, running out of money, reintegration, and whole lot of things, some questions left unanswered. **I have to put it on record! How could I forget taking my first yoga class at TruFusion in Las Vegas with the teacher, and studio, and friends where yoga all started for me. It made me so happy the moment I realized how comfortable I was in that setting.

Grab your bus ticket and come along this week to Sucre- The White City- Bolivia's true capital! This week we are eating and drinking like royalty, thinking about relationships, trying to live up to our expectations, partying with new friends, and walking the Inca Trail to who knows where. Drinking with locals and collecting street dogs. This was a really great week! HEY HEY SUUUUUCRE!

Episode 2! Adventure on the Altiplano. Salt Flats, mining towns, remote places. Ugly side of traveling, beautiful side of traveling. Great food, strange vibes and so much more. Enjoy! bienvenidos to the Dustin, The Wind podcast special series. BOL BOL BOL! Bolivia Backpack Adventures!!! Over the course of the next 6 weeks (week 2) or so, I will be sharing stories from the 3 months I spent backpacking through Bolivia. Delicious street food, insane bus rides, magical landscapes and more. Jaguars, llamas, monkeys galore! I will be presenting the episodes in a story telling narrative through my accounts. Tied into my accounts will include observations, tidbits I learned, questions I asked, questions I answered, questions I haven't answered. The narrative will include travel tips and insider information. I took many notes, I kept tabs on my psyche, and took many pictures and videos. This format is new for Dustin, The Wind podcast and I'm excited to explore this way of sharing what I have learned and experienced with you. I hope it gives an experienced traveler the confidence to take their travels to another level, a curious but hesitant traveler the confidence they need to get out for an adventure, and a vicarious armchair traveler some home adventure. I hope to bring the country Bolivia to life in the best way I can based on my experiences and what I learned. The people, the landscapes, and the culture. I will also share thoughts I had during my 3 months. Times when I was happy, times when I was sad, times when I was confused. My happy thoughts and sad, my anxious thoughts and my excited thoughts, my lonely contemplations and my social exasperations. I have plenty to say over the course of the next 5 weeks, so let's get to it. Sit back, relax, don't worry about buckling up. Where we are going seatbelts have no place. Grab a bag of coca, your adventure bag, and meet me at the Altiplano.

Welcome to the Bolivia Backpackers Series! A 6 part series where I will be sharing stories from the 3 months I spent backpacking through Bolivia. Delicious street food, insane bus rides, magical landscapes and more. Jaguars, llamas, monkeys galore! I will be presenting the episodes in a story telling narrative through my accounts. Tied into my accounts will include observations, tidbits I learned, questions I asked, questions I answered, questions I haven't answered. The narrative will include travel tips and insider information. I took many notes, I kept tabs on my psyche, and took many pictures and videos. This format is new for Dustin, The Wind podcast and I'm excited to explore this way of sharing what I have learned and experienced with you. I hope it gives an experienced traveler the confidence to take their travels to another level, a curious but hesitant traveler the confidence they need to get out for an adventure, and a vicarious armchair traveler some home adventure. I hope to bring the country Bolivia to life in the best way I can based on my experiences and what I learned. The people, the landscapes, and the culture. I will also share thoughts I had during my 3 months. Times when I was happy, times when I was sad, times when I was confused. My happy thoughts and sad, my anxious thoughts and my excited thoughts, my lonely contemplations and my social exasperations. Join me on the ground in La Paz and follow along during my first week in Bolivia. Seeing, learning, adjusting, adapting to a new culture in a new country. New people and a new kind of travel for me. Come along with me to the best street food La Paz has to offer, the unique telefericos, a World Cup Qualifier match, El Altos wild market and the Flying Cholitas Wrestlers. Sketchy street dudes and charismatic locals. It's all in La Paz and more. Vaaaaaamos! Enjoy!

This week another Dustin, The Wind road trip edition!!! Ride shotgun with me and two friends as we tell our stories from a 2 week road trip through southern Peru. We start in the mudbrick metropolis Lima on the Pacific coast before turning south for the desert oasis, Huacachina and the land of sand dunes. From sandboarding and partying at the dunes to insane roads in the Andes Mountains to kayaking on Lake Titicaca. We drove from the altiplano all the way to Puerto Maldonado in the Amazon Rainforest where we fished piranha's spotlighted for caimen. From the rainforest up and over the Andes again into the Sacred Valley. Machu Picchu and a beautiful day at the lakes of Kinsacocha.

Welcome back to all of you reading this! I am excited to get behind the mic again and reignite the podcast so thank you for listening. This week I am just happy to be back! I give my thoughts on the Bolivian coffee scene, recap what I have been up to since the end of January, give a 30,000 ft view of my trip's to Bolivian and more recently the Peruvian Roadtrip. I give updates on my running, and yoga, and my body after 3.5 months off. I share my progress with Spanish. And I suppose a few other topics along the way. I also announce the immediate future of Dustin, The Wind as a 5 part series on my time in Bolivia. Thanks again for listening. Enjoy!

Yesterday I ran a rainy marathon in the mountains of Peru's Sacred Valley of Cusco while tripping on magic mushrooms. Today I share the story of my one of a kind experience. This is the last Dustin, The Wind episode until May 2022. Tomorrow I leave for 3 months of traveling throughout Bolivia and will use the time to unplug from the internet and plug into Bolivia and myself. I also look forward to using the time to examine my vision and the mission of the podcast moving forward. Thank you for listening to me yap my mouth week after week. Sharing this podcast has been an exciting addition to my life and I look forward to sharing more with you in May. Peace.

I lost a thumb war to superman this week!! What a beautiful week it was! In this episode I talk about working hard- the importance of a good hard days work. I spent a day helping some local Quechua Peruvians haul logs and split firewood up a mountain. Back breaking work. I am on about new relationships- the ones that find us when we are pursuing things out of love and selflessness always seem to be deepest and most authentic. I talk about my day to Kinsa Cocha where I got to be a trip buddy and spiritual brother to a new friend. An eye opening day to say the least in many ways. I talk about my adventure to the goblin garden and some other random shit as well. Enjoy!!

This week I'm on about these topics: What makes milk milk? Dairy necessary? Smokin too much mapacho? Tobacco immune iron lungs. Watching elderly couple pick weeds in corn field. A different world. Wolf totem cafe- GET YOUR COFFEE HERE Visiting British anthropologist in Bolivia who lives in a remote mountain community in Bolivia- very excited for this visit. Running a mushroom marathon later in the month- that's right, a magic marathon in the mountains. All aboard! Drinking chicha (corn beer) at a local booze joint- CHICHAAAAA!!!!

This week I work through a recap of my second attempt at running 100 miles. This time I made it 82 miles in just over 19 hours before I crashed in burned at 2 am. I talk about what worked this time, what adjustments made the biggest difference, things I observed, interactions I had and so on. I hope you enjoy the episode more than I enjoyed the pain in my body when I crawled into bed.

This week Dusty shares lessons learned from his first 100 mile attempt in November. Adjustments made in preparation for round 2 including physical, logistical, strategic, mental, and so on. He shares how his mentality is different going into round 2 versus leading into the first try. How he processed coming up short and what the process of pursuing this goal has taught him.

Merry Christmas. Feliz Navidad. 100 Round 2 coming up, going to Bolivia, taking break from podcast.

The focus of this week's episode is responsibility. Welcome to the real world really means welcome to responsibility. Also I got really sick over the weekend, laying in bed for 50+ hours miserable, hot, sweaty, far from home can really play with a guys emotions. A good reality check never hurt anyone.

Come along this week as I make a smoothie mess, defend my face from a racquet ball-sized spider, gear up for another 100 mile attempt, before going back on the road to read excerpts from the summer's road trip interviews. As I work through transcribing the interviews from the road trip, I decided to pick a small portion of each conversation that I enjoyed for 1 reason or another. This episode covers 20 interviews from St. Paul, Minnesota to Beaufort, South Carolina. Enjoy!

This week I am the Diamond League Spanish Champion...thank you very much. I break down my coffee routine here in Pisac, try to establish a plan for the 100 miler moving forward, stress out over the second layer of an onion, dream of stuffing woke assholes up a Turkey's asshole, give thanks for some of the things in my life, celebrate Hanukkah, and celebrate No Nut November.

This week I tell the story of one of the most bizarre days of my entire life. November 18, 2020. On that day I drove my black rental Kia from Goris, Armenia through Lachin Corridor to Stepanakert, Artsakh just one week after war in the region ended at the signing of a "peace treaty". I give my recounting of the day- what I witnessed, how I felt, and a few of my thoughts on the dirty war waged on the people of Artsakh by Azerbaijan and Turkey.

Post 100 mile run attempt recap. My account and analysis of my attempt at running a DIY 100 mile run in the beautiful and magical mountains of the Sacred Valley in the Cusco region of Peru.

*skip to minute 11:30 for Running History* IT IS TIIIIIIIME!!! The time for the 100 mile run is here. This week, I go back in time to explore my running history and root out the moment I became a runner. I explain why I started running and why endurance running. What running gives me on a daily basis. What running has taught me. The power I feel during a run and after. My motivation and desire to run 100 miles. Enjoy!

This week I school you on yoga and enlightenment, discuss my favorite spices and herbs, talk Peruvian diet, being robbed in my dreams, logistics and planning in the final days before the 100 mile run, and brag about how tough I used to be!!! Enjoy!

Welcome to episode 69 huuuuhhhhyeaaaaahhhh!!! One of my favorite episodes. This week I work through a lot of the struggles and so called adversity I battled last week. I try to work through free will- who I am, why I am, how I am. Gratitude. I talk about genocide and COVID. My beautiful new home in PISAC, PERU, closing in on the 100 miler, plans to write a book about the 50 state in 50 days road trip. My VIP coffee status. Life in the day in Pisac.

This week is a whirlwind of flattery for the first 13 minutes as I stumble through my thoughts hammered at the Minneapolis airport. Here we are 2 days later in Peru hungover, tired, and jet lagged pumping the world full of useful knowledge and insights. Next week episode 69 from PISAC!!! Let's get down to business

Fun episode this week! Happy 1st birthday to Dustin, The Wind podcast! We've been at it for a year everyone. Thank you for continuing to listen week after week following along on the journey. This week I walk back the timeline since October 13, 2020...where has the podcast taken us, what have I learned, what have you learned, how have we all grown? I also discuss this weeks 32x32x32 mile running attempt.

This week I go on about airline perks, running, being a failure, and elk hunting in Wyoming. A week in blissful solitude and one scary accident!! **Skip to 46:40 if you just want to hear the crazy story about the accident on the mountain**

Hello! I hope you enjoy this episode!! This week I chat it up with one you in my usual one sided conversation! This week I talk about returning to Peru and what I hope to accomplish in my time in that magical country. I also read from my iPhone notes that I typed out over 2 nights sitting next to a campfire in the Idaho mountains. In the notes I ask a lot of questions about death, spirituality, after life, meaning of life, the gift of fire and more. I also attempt to relate my thoughts on Michael Pollan's #1 NYT best selling book, "In Defense of Food" and relate that book along with another of his which I recently read "This Is Your Mind On Plants" to a recent news story I stumbled upon out of India involving the burning of millions of dollars worth of rhino horns. Enjoy!!!

This week we dive deeper into the numbers of the road trip. How did we pull it off? The financials, gas costs, mileage, running stats, driving stats, and more. Fun episode. Enjoy!

This week I tell a number of stories- including sharting myself last week, I recap mileage for the road trip, and dream of putting afterburners on White Lighting, I compare White Lightning's fuel use to a 737, cruise ship, and a full afterburner F-16. I update the running training schedule after falling off the wagon and look forward to the final 2 months before the big run. I am applying for a badass job at the moment as well. Covered a lot of ground this week.

Last week or so since leaving White Lightning in Seattle has been a wild, wacky, exhausting adventure. Today I recap.

*the wind is a bit distracting in parts of this conversation* Last one, good one! Welcome Ina Tangaloa to the show. He is a surf instructor and owner of Boobie Shack, a surf apparel company, in Maui, Hawaii. I met Ina at the surf shack this afternoon in Kihei. We talk about surfing, the ocean, connecting with the ocean and nature, life in Hawaii, and what exactly IS Aloha? Ina answers that question beautifully at the end of our conversation. He also owns a surf apparel company called @boobieshack and hooked me up with a free pair of sock! @boobieshack Thank you, Ina! It was a pleasure to meet you

**Only 48 of 58ish minutes of the podcast will upload. I have worked for the last 30 minutes trying to fix it and now the files wont open at all. My apologies, but I am leaving as is. Going to see Hawaii. Mahalo or whatever. Top 5 non guest interactions Top 5 best days Top 5 favorite drives Top 5 Bridges Notable food and beverage Top 5 biggest surprises Places I passed through that I would like to return 5 places I think may be able to live 5 places I have been before that I would've like to add to the trip Place I wish I had more time Wildest places to live 3 signs from the universe Frustrating/challenging/annoying moments Thank yous

Welcome Michelle from North Carolina and Zach from Minnesota in Cooper Landing, Alaska! I met them at Ohmer Lake between Sterling and Cooper Landing when Dillon and I stopped in for a quick photo shoot. Today we talk about packing up and moving to Alaska, Subway bread, sage, Kundalini yoga, trout fishing, photography, bass guitars, and more. Late in the conversation Zach tells us that he lived in Papua New Guinea until 11 years old. His parents were christian missionaries for 15 years in PNG. Zach talks about growing up and at some point we talk about chippndale lumber jacks. I had a great time talking with these two. Thank you, Michelle and thank you Zach!!

Another 2 part episode this time from Washington! Michael from Olympia, Washington. We talk a lot about housing and zoning laws. A little about Afghanistan, some on DSA (democratic socialists of America), he schools me on politics and I was in over my head chatting with him. Renae and Dar were coming from an anti-mandate rally at the Capitol building. We talk mandates, mask, vaccines, and more.

Welcome Peter from Oregon! I met him along the road today when this barn and the surrounding ranch caught my eye. I jumped him while he was working on some kind of monster truck hay feeder typical of the area. We talk about his work on the ranch, ranch life, where he grew up, plans for the future, and the cattle industry. And elk meat!! This is just the first 7 minutes of our 20 minutes conversation…my phone is out of space and I am limping to the finish!! Thank you, @peter_regentin !! Pleasure to meet you today. Go get that bull tomorrow.