06/09/2026
Pray for us first. Celebrate with me second. Many know that I have covered a lot of ground in this crazy life.
I've done what you've done. Many road trips across the United States.
Then maybe some have done a few road trips across Mexico.
Then it gets interesting...
In 2015 I motorcycled across the US. Chicago to LA via San Antonio.
Ok some have.
Then in 2016, I walked from Chicago to Amarillo.
You with me?
In 2024 I walked through Jalisco's Mountains. Oh man.
All crazy.
But right now I'm 600 miles away from completing the most important and top epic of all my journeys. Mostly because of the cargo. 2 little people who share my blood.
At 4 and 5 my progeny now have miles behind them.
I drove with Amy from Minneapolis to El Paso via Denver. In El Paso, crossed to Juarez. Then a plane. Juarez to Guadalajara. Then another. Guadalajara to Puerto Vallarta.
To pick up my everythings.
Another Plane. PV to Mexico City. Then another. Mexico City to Juarez.
We crossed into El Paso in a car and proceeded to drive to Denver via Albuquerque.
Last night, after a few days with Grandma, we set out. Denver to Minneapolis.
I'm writing this post 55 miles west of Kearney, Nebraska. We have lived a storm the entire way. With frequent stops during literally 250 miles of rain and truly wild lightning.
Slow and steady.
We're so close I can taste it. The end. Of a struggle really. Some 600 miles to go. Between me and a peace I have been lacking for some time.
I don't want to move anymore. I just want to be still. To bask in this glory, post madness. My babies, who are American but have never been to America, back to the arms of their Dad.
How many metaphors can be captured in this flight?
Innumerable.
Thank you God for grand lands & good plans. See us through please to the great promise. A father reunited with his young. A new dawn of brightness, breaking through the storm.
Thank you for being with me. I hope today you will smile because of us. And find an awe in the way our shared roads wind in life. And the curvateousness of our path.
I'm 600 miles away from Nirvana.
And the sun is climbing back into the sky.
