Joe Balcom | Unparalleled Leadership
All of my writings and musings on meaningful and life-changing travel.
Note: I completed this road trip in the summer of 2020, so Section 5: Expenses will vary based on when you read this. Even if some of the details are subject to change, this post is a fantastic template for you when you decide to take the trip of a lifetime! This post will be…
Last week, I wrote about my first 11 days on a cross country road trip that took me and my girlfriend from the Pocono Mountains in eastern Pennsylvania to the arid desert of northern Arizona. I also discussed the value of meaningful travel, the merits of a road trip, and why you should set aside…
Take a vacation, and you'll be bored after a week. Hit the road cross country, and you'll never want to come back. It's interesting, and even mesmerizing to look at the contours of the map, watch as the deep green forests of the east yield to tan mountains of the west and red rocks of…
Booking the flight was my forcing function. There was no time to regret what I had just done. There was no time to reason myself out of it. There was no time to give fair warning to family and friends. I just had to do it. So I took what I had: time constraints, money…