STATE O2: MAINE

LEAVING VERMONT, WE HEADED EAST INTO THE WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST NEAR THE STATE LINE OF MAINE. WITHOUT ANOTHER CAR IN SIGHT, WE STOPPED THE TRUCK AND TRAILER ALONGSIDE THE WILD RIVER AND ROLLED OUR WINDOWS DOWN TO BASK IN THE FRESH MOUNTAIN AIR. WITH BIRDS SINGING ALL AROUND US AND THE RIVER FLOWED PEACEFULLY PAST US, WE WERE IMMERSED IN A MOMENT OF NATURE AT ITS FINEST.

IN A WORLD WITH A BILLION MOVING PIECES AND CONSTANT NOISE ALL AROUND US, THERE AREN’T MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES TO PAUSE AND BE ONE WITH OUR WORLD, BUT THIS, THIS WAS ONE OF THEM…

50 STATES JOURNEY, HAS HEARTKendra Clapp OlguínApril 19, 2019MAINE, PORTLAND, NEW ENGLAND, 50 STATES, RV LIFE, LIFE ON THE ROAD, HAS HEART, RV DISH DRYING RACK, LOBSTER, LIGHTHOUSE, HISTORIC SITES, HISTORIC CEMETERY, AIRSTREAM, LIVE RIVETED, LL BEAN

A SIMPLIFIED LIFE - PART 01: SHOES

WE KNEW LIFE ON THE ROAD WOULD REQUIRE US TO ADOPT A WHOLE NEW LIFESTYLE THAT WE’VE NEVER KNOWN OR EVEN IMAGINED BEFORE THIS TOUR, WE JUST COULDN’T COMPREHEND HOW MUCH.

AS A SHOE DESIGNER, I HAD A LOT OF SHOES. LIKE, NEARLY 200 PAIRS OF SHOES. MOVING INTO A 25-FOOT LONG TIN CAN, SOMETHING HAD TO CHANGE, AND I’M GLAD THEY DID — IT CHANGED THE WAY I VIEW SHOES, CLOTHES, AND ALL THE “THINGS” WE THINK WE NEED. NEWS FLASH: WE DON’T NEED MUCH…

SACRED THOUGHTSTyler WayDecember 6, 2018SHOES, SNEAKERS, MINIMALISM, AIRSTREAM, QUALITY, QUANTITY, NIKE, ADIDAS, LL BEAN, BIRKENSTOCK, HAS HEART, SAUCONY, SEBAGO DOCKSIDES

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