Browntown - Sam Brown

For as long as I can remember my heart has stirred for some kind of raw feeling of motion. Never is this satisfied more than when I am winging my way down God's great highways at 70 plus MPH. I have crisscrossed our continent as many as twelve times. Some of them out of necessity, some for adventure, and some for redemption. Next week I set out toward the Alaskan Highway. Do not read my blog in search of cultural revelations or personal awakening. Read it as an adventure story, a pure simply wild boy adventure story, as that is what life ought to be until that final day when we run out of gas for good.

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By Browntown
July 17th 2008

The Road Calls North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Hollywood

Not so New Baru
The machine we hope to hell gets us up north...

Just to update everyone... we made it back alive. While as you all know I only made it to Costa Rica Barton made it as far as Chile, the original goal. So for all of you who doubted us, and understandably many of you did, here is another chance to jump on the bandwagon. The few months I have spent back in the good ole USA have involved painted bookshelves for a free trade market in Evanston, IL, and going to a ridiculous amount of White Sox Baseball games. As for Barton, well he hadn't been back for more than 72 [View Full Entry]

By Browntown
May 6th 2008

Land of Green Chile North America » United States » New Mexico » Santa Fe

Remembering a Great One
Mortality and the Immortal River

The trip continues to circle back on itself. My time at the ranch back in January was full of anxiety and fear about the trip to come. This time it was a place full of family and friends, a time to reflect on times past and loved ones lost. The scenery was as mesmerizing as ever. Early Monday morning I waved goodbye to family and headed down US highway 84 south from Pagosa Springs to Santa Fe, oldest of state capitols. I am back again at Pino and Becky's, drinking, chilling, making crazy hot wings, and bullshitting. Today we head up [View Full Entry]

By Browntown
May 2nd 2008

On that Road Again North America » United States » Colorado » Durango

From that road...
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let me just say that, although I grew to love the highways of central america, what with their beautiful views, potholes, insane bus drivers, roadside tamale and banana saleswomen, and the occasional military checkpoint (yes, my car is a piece of shit, thanks for reminding me AK-47 wielding 19 year old), it was damn good to be back on the most epic of highway systems, the crazy scattered grid that makes up America's great road. I ripped up highway I-94 from my hometown of Wilmette, IL and rode it up into Milwakuee, WI. If you are ever in the area and [View Full Entry]

By Browntown
April 29th 2008

Browntown is back... North America Style North America » United States » Minnesota » Minneapolis

UFO
a strange image over South Dakota...

As promised this prolific blogger is not quite done with his travels. I am awaiting departure in my new, but old Subaru, toward the fabled Twin Cities of Minnesota. I plan on catching a few Sox twins games, riding the rollercoaster inside of mall of America and well, I think thats really all there is to do there. For all you backpacker americans who have spent more time travelling abroad than actaully seeing our own very beautiful land of the free... well this blog is now for you because in the next 2 months I will be driving hairbrained back and [View Full Entry]

By Browntown
April 19th 2008

Tears in San Jose Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » San José

With the trip winding down for this mad road warrior this will be the second too last entry for this blog. Waving goodbye to our Canadian tree planter friends, Durach and Luke me and Barton crossed the border into Costa Rica. It is a strange experience travelling through the poor but culturally rich countries of Belize, Honduras, and Nicaragua and ending up in COsta Rica. It almost looks like you are back in the states, or worse, in Orange COunty California. I was beginning to think there were too many backpackers in those other countries, I hadnt seen nothing yet. We [View Full Entry]

By Browntown
April 13th 2008

Nicaragua continued Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Isla de Ometepe

It would be fair to intepret the relative lack of entries to a general slackening of adventure and pace on the trip. This is not entirely fair. Yes the high speed chase, blackmarket car deal portion of the trip appears to be behind us. I will catch you up on our progress. After Granada and her majestic cockfights we hopped a bus, and a boat to Isla de Ometepe, a huge island in the shark filled waters of Lake Nicaragua. The island is dominated by two huge volcanoes and looks like it belongs in a fantasy novel. On a great tip [View Full Entry]

By Browntown
April 7th 2008

COCKfighting Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Granada

Here it was, a peaceful, hot as hell sunday morning in Granada. We had spent the last few days wandering around the city, checking out the lake, and watching in horror as the Bruins continue to stake their claim as the Buffalo Bills of College Hoops. We had just walked over to the oldest fort in town (nice but kind of boring). Barton, realizing it was sunday, asked a man about cockfights. Next thing you we are let into a shady hotel entrance and led in back where there is ring and everything. The fights didnt start for a few more [View Full Entry]

By Browntown
April 3rd 2008

The Capitol of Baseball Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Leon

Leon Church
Leon Cathedral from 1571

First off, it is hot as balls in this country. We stumbled into Leon early Monday morning after the episode at the border. After checking into a great hostel I agonized through 9 innings of White SOx baseball resulting in opening day depression (i have another blog dedicated to my absurd obssession with the White SOx so Ill asve that). Leon is an extremely interesting city, with cheap beer, a Nicaraguam KFC (called the tips or something like that), and a boatload of good street food. We spent Tuesday at the beach. Barton and our canadian tree planter friends for a [View Full Entry]

By Browntown
March 31st 2008

Bye Bye ´Baru Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Tegucigalpa

Proud New Owner #1
She has a new home

Like many of the stories written in this blog, what happened today is not recommended for the everyday traveler. We will get there though, hold on. To catch everyone up me and Barton, along with Luke and Ryan, two treeplanters from Canada left Utila and drove to the HOnduran capitol of Tegucigalpa. There we found that bruins game at a british pub and watched a sold performance. The next morning all four of us rose early and headed for the Nicaraguan border. Here is where it gets good. When we got to the border we parked our car and were immeditaely [View Full Entry]

By Browntown
March 27th 2008

60 feet under Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Bay Islands » Utila

Nearly three months into a journey filled with high speed chases, poser travel mates, rough roads, pretty girls, and 75 cent rum shots, nothing has been as intense and as strange as swimming 60 feet under water for 40 minutes. I fihished my basic open water scuba certification yesterday and this morning me and BArton did two dives off the northern coast of the island. Crazy stuff is all I can say. As a side note I just finished reading the Boys from Brazil... great book and I recommend it to anyone but realize you may have some fukkedd up dreams... [View Full Entry]

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