Its funny how history has a tendancy to repeat itself. About eleven years ago I just bought some property, mainly for my parents. This property is located 20 miles from the nearest city, and its a small one. Being out in the middle of nowhere is where I like being, but living here is difficult. The nearest two cities are small and very hard to find work. Well I ended up selling my ‘63 Impala just to buy a train ticket out west.

This was a leap of faith, I hated selling my classic car but it was the only way I could get out of town. I havent lived on my property for ten years, I bought it for my parents. I had been able to travel the country and live my dream.

When the property was paid for I bought a new home for my parents to live in. And it seems like ever since I made that purchase everything started falling apart. I ended up having to move back home (it just made sense to live where I was paying a mortgage). Got a job as a carpet cleaner, they even relocated me. Everything was looking good. Then after four months the company decided to get rid of me. Leaving me with no job, a mortgage, and now rent. Well I quickly left the rent and moved back to where I was paying a mortgage.

Its been four months now since I lost my job. The economy is really bad right now, and I cant seem to find another job. I have never had a problem finding work, exept here. Living 20 minutes from the nearest city, which is small, and 45 minutes to the next city which is an average sized city. If I was able to find a job it would only pay for the gas in commuting to work each day.

So I find myself in pretty much the same situation that I was in eleven years ago. Today I put a for sale sign on my truck. I have to sell it in order for the mortgage, and I am going to do the same thing I did ten years ago, buy a train ticket out west.

This time I am heading to Nevada, looking at the available jobs, it seems like they only have a shortage of employees. While here in Alabama, we have a shortage of employers. Which this seems to have always been the case for Alabama, but now with the economy the way it is, its even worse than before.

But this blog was created to tell the world about my travels and the experiences that I have encountered. So I would like everyone to know that I am about to start a new adventure. I may have to say good-bye to entrecard. I have met several people through entrecard and hope people will continue to follow my site. I plan on leaving home right after Christmas. So we can start the New Year with a new adventure.

Who knows what challenges lay ahead, for its the unkown that intrigues the explorer in me. Its those leaps of faith into the unkown that helps me wake up every morning. Which I will let everyone in on a little secret. Every morning when I wake up I say to myself  “something good is going to happen today!” I say this every morning, sure there are days that everything seems to go wrong, but with this attitude and saying this every morning, you expect something good to happen. And with my experiences, good things do happen. I may be going through a rough time right now but I still expect more out of live and continue to expect that good things will happen to me.

Good things will happen to those who expect good things to happen to them. You’ve got to have a postive outlook on life. Another thing I heard when I was younger was “If You Always Do What You Always Did You Will Always Get What You Always Got” This has been my moto ever since. My life is always changing, I may cross a bridge twice but very rarely will I cross a third time.

Between now and the New Year I will continue to post past adventures and some facts about the national parks. But be on the lookout, because the New Year is going to be an awesome one! Each year seems to be better than the one before.

So wish me luck on selling my truck.

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