Out in the world
Randy goes where most don't. The road is the teacher — and the stories are worth telling.
Adventure has always been part of how Randy processes, learns, and connects. Long before the podcast, the road was the classroom.
From solo backpacking through Hawaii for 52 days on a shoestring to a cross-country van trip through Yellowstone, the Dakotas, and deep into Canada — these aren't vacation stories. They are dispatches from someone who moves through the world with his channel open, paying attention to everything the universe puts in front of him.
The journals below are written exactly as they happened — unfiltered, unpolished, and real. Photos will be added as they become available. The stories are the thing.
52 days. Two islands. One backpack. $2,115 total.
Sea turtles, monk seals, cliffside camps, a lava tube, a handmade fishing hook from a safety pin, a Venus Pool cliff jump, a cross-island prop plane, volcanoes, sacred petroglyphs — and a punch in the face on day 50.
Read the full journal → October – November 2025A van trip planned in two days and driven through Yellowstone, the Dakotas, Canada, and back.
Planned in two days after losing his father and canceling a Mexico trip. Yellowstone buffalo, Mt. Rushmore by helicopter, a 3-hour Canadian customs interrogation, Banff in the snow, a lake monster, and a van that gave out two miles from home.
Read the full journal → Owyhee State Park, Oregon — Summer 2025In the beginning, it was as simple as inviting Alaina to a hot spring.
A trustworthy merchant named Shaggy. Pyramid-shaped gel tabs. Two reacquaintance rituals overheard by full parking lots. A 30-foot cliff jump. A sheriff on a dirt road. And Benjamin — future governor of Oregon — building a wheelchair ramp at midnight.
Read the full story → Snively Hot Springs, Oregon — August 2025A quiet hero, a wrestling mat raft, and a vision for everyone.
A return to Snively Hot Springs — deeper into the canyon, the music battle, and the night the current took over.
Read the full story → Arrowrock Lake, Idaho — July 2025Ella. Garnet the Adventure-Rat. A Sisyphean fire pit. And one bug that would not go quietly.
Arrowrock Lake with Ella and Garnet the adventure rat. A paddle board becomes a captain's vessel, a fire pit becomes a days-long project, and one chihuahua-sized flying menace becomes the protagonist nobody expected.
Read the full story → Stanley Lake, Idaho — May 2025Stanley Lake, a fire-scarred mountain, and an adventure corgi named Mystic.
A 7:45am alarm, a requested day off, and a drive to Stanley Lake. A mountain landscape scorched by wildfire — beautiful, eerie, and alive in its own way. Mystic the corgi approved.
Read the full story → Pine Flatts, Idaho — April 2025Pine Flatts, three dogs, hot springs, and the birth of an adventure corgi.
A fast-paced work week ends with 10 minutes left on a shift and a decision to go. Hot springs, dogs on the run, a corgi named Mystic earning her title, and an Easter weekend that became something more.
Read the full story → Fernwood, Idaho — September 2024The kind of rest only dreamt about. Two naps in one day. The sky for a ceiling.
Randy and Alaina disappear into the northern Idaho forest. Three days of genuine rest, forest trails, a fire lookout tower, and the radical act of doing absolutely nothing on purpose.
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