lunch with a friend

Yesterday I ate lunch with my good friend Scott. And while Scott and I are about the same age I consider him a person I look up to simply because of the fact he has experienced so many different things in life already, and he has the uncanny ability to speak about anything and everything with a degree of wisdom.

Over the last year Scott sold his car among other things and moved from Nashville to the Czech Republic to pursue a lifelong passion to learn more about that culture and the people. He has spent the year touring Europe, getting ingrained in the Prague lifestyle and taking up a personal street ministry in his spare time. In a lot of ways he personifies the Tim Ferriss "4 Hour Work Week" lifestyle - at least he's the only person I know personally that is coming close to doing that.

What it really comes down to is that he's pursuing that which he's really passionate about in his youth... I respect that, and I want to find a way to do that myself.

Keep tabs on Scott's travels through the Czech Republic at youtube.com/czechscottout.

steph went backpacking, and so did i

Prior to the wonderful road trip without an agenda, I was able to take Steph backpacking the Colorado Rockies... an absolutely wonderful week. I'm in the midst of dissecting the trip via blog here - you're welcome to read and learn about the trip.

a road trip with no agenda

The end of July brought about the completion of a number of key items in the 101 list... about time, it's been stagnant for far too long.

I'm going to claim "Go On A Roadtrip With No Agenda" as completed based on the fact that following our backpacking trip a couple weeks ago Steph and I randomly decided to go to Santa Fe and make the cross country trek back to Nashville the long way. On our journey we made stops as we saw fit - did things exactly the way we wanted to do them. For a full discourse, read here.

Along the way I also knocked off two new States in the Lower 48 that I haven't been to yet - Texas and Oklahoma. This leaves New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, and New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine. Hmm... those are all conveniently located next to each other.