Travel and Adventure Archives

Fall in the Red

By Andy Wickstrom
October 28, 2015
Climbing,Travel and Adventure

BEATTYVILLE, KY—Once again, Jess and I find ourselves at the Red River Gorge. We are happy to consider this place one of our homes away from home. It’s one of the areas in the US where we’re most happy and in balance with work and play. Aside from natural beauty, it has most of the amenities that make living and recreating here a joy.

For us, staying in the southern gorge at Lago Linda Hideaway is the best. Linda’s is a quiet campground known for chill campers, hot showers, wifi, and plenty of space to run the dog or go on walks around the lake.

Tiny House, Tiny Footprint

By Jess Wickstrom eggtravels
October 16, 2015
Press,Travel and Adventure

We were recently interviewed by Kathleen who, with her boyfriend, runs a really great blog and website about living small. They call it Tiny House, Tiny Footprint.

From their website:

Kathleen, Greg, and their dog Blaize are living in a 1969 camper trailer (140 sq. ft.), hoping to inspire others to get small and reduce their environmental footprint. Almost a year ago, the trio moved into a camper to see if they could live small while they built a tiny house. Soon they realized that building a tiny house ($20,000+) and putting a down payment on raw land ($20,000+) would be an expensive process.

As the two of them began to embrace living more simply, they began to wonder why they wanted to invest in a tiny house in the first place. Now, they are content living in their own version of a ‘tiny house’ as they share stories of others making the conscious decision to downsize and lead a life full of freedom and adventure.

Read the interview.

Squamish, BC

By Andy Wickstrom
August 4, 2015
Climbing,Travel and Adventure

Squamish, British Columbia—The Egg left Montana shortly after our last official project for Year 1, the photoshoot with nature-inspired metalsmith April Hale. After saying goodbye to our hosts in Missoula, we made our way further west towards Spokane by way of Coeur D’Alene where we stopped for a brief, but needed dip in Lake Coeur D’Alene. I think the temps were in the upper 90’s that day and the beautiful lake was filled with folks stand-up paddling, boating, swimming, and kayaking. It was amazing!

Three Weeks in Tejas

By Jess Wickstrom eggtravels
March 7, 2015
Climbing,Travel and Adventure

El Paso, TX—The last time we updated this blog, the Egg was pointed east on a course across middle American to Chattanooga, TN. Winter storms stilted our plans so we took an unexpected turn south, driving from Albuquerque, NM down to west Texas. Turns out it was one of the best impromptu moves we’ve made. For the last two weeks (with one more to go), we’ve been getting to know our way around one of nation’s finest bouldering destinations: Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site.

Bishop

By Andy Wickstrom
January 11, 2015
Climbing,Travel and Adventure

Bishop CA—The Egg has been parked for about a month now and we’ve enjoyed the stay immensely. Bishop (pop ~3500) is ideal for us. It offers cheap, long-term camping. It has several options for locally-owned coffee shops to work at. It has two really good bakeries. Restaurants are way better than average for a town this size. And it has a climber-friendly culture (see ‘long-term camping’) that warmly welcomes everyone to this beautiful desert oasis located in the foothills of the Eastern Sierras.