One day while searching the internet, I found a link for some visa credit card offering 75k American Airlines miles for signing up. It caught my eye and I clicked. This was the starting line. Prior to that day, I had always used cash or my debit card to pay for ALL of my expenses. My mortgage, cable, heat, water, electric, car, food, student loans, and everything else imaginable was being paid with cash. I had no idea the boat that I was missing.
I signed up for the AA visa and American Express cards, completed the spending requirements, and one day noticed that my minimal AAdvantage account had gone from practically zero to over 150,000 miles. Even then, miles didn't make any sense to me. I had no idea the value they had. Then came the first trip.
My brother, a buddy, and I booked flights one night over beers flying from Boston to Northern California. We flew out a couple days before Halloween with a bag of clothes and two bags filled with our camping and surf gear. This was a homecoming of sorts for me and an opportunity to catch up with a couple buddies I had from when I lived out west. We spent the week driving all over California camping, hiking, and surfing. When all was said and done, we had spent about $300 each for the seven day trip.
Before I even landed back in Boston, I began dreaming of my next dirtbag adventure. The purpose of this blog is to offer my insights to earning miles for plane tickets, review and give my thoughts on travel destinations, outdoor equipment, share my travel goals, and to ultimately chronicle my travels around the globe.
Thanks for reading!
Valley View Big Sur
The author at the top of Cloud's Rest Yosemite National Park
Me halfway through the Yosemite Falls hike with Upper Yosemite Falls and Half Dome in the background
Big northwest swell rolling in at Big Sur
My brother and I camping in Yosemite Valley
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