Weightshifting: I’m on a plain.
It’s just after 9pm. We’re lying in bed. Not at home. Not in our rooftop tent either. But in the back of the rig on our Hest mattress. It usually lives in...
Weightshifting: Leapfrog Modernism
Kuala Lumpur is a city constantly under construction. This is a skyline that didn’t exist when I left at 20 years old, after a decade in the country. There’s...
Weightshifting: The Pack
After decades of travel, packing has become muscle memory. Air travel packing has rules: Carry-on only Ultralight Malleable No rolling/wheel-based luggage We...
Weightshifting: 64 miles in New York City
We’re walking past Stüssy again on Prince Street. There’s a center funnel between two parts of a roped queue, with hordes of bored-looking, phone-staring,...
Weightshifting S2E27: All good things…
Day 27: Oct 6, 2023 Bishop, CA → San Francisco, CA Miles: 250 — As I drift off to sleep, I smell fire. I drowsily brush this off, equating it to a possible...
Weightshifting S2E26: There’s been an accident.
Day 26: Oct 5, 2023 Las Vegas, NV → Bishop, CA Miles: 305 — About three miles in the distance, we spot a huge dirt plume. It originates on the left side of...
Weightshifting S2E25: Viva Las Vegas.
Day 25: Oct 4, 2023 Apple Valley, UT → Las Vegas, NV Miles: 148 — Today’s 8:30 a.m. Zoom motivates us awake. I’m fortunate to be able to work from the road,...
Weightshifting S2E24: And another one.
Day 24: Oct 3, 2023 Apple Valley, UT Miles: 0 — I awake after a restful slumber. The sleeping conditions were damn-near perfect: cool overnight temperatures...
Weightshifting S2E23: Mesa goodie.
Day 23: Oct 2, 2023 Cortez, CO → Apple Valley, UT Miles: 323 — Thunderstorms roll in and out most of the night, and the morning is dark and moody. We all...
Weightshifting S2E22: Grantland.
Day 22: Oct 1, 2023 Del Norte, CO → Cortez, CO Miles: 175 — As we suspect, the weather reports prove wildly inaccurate. At 8,000 feet, we’re subject to...
Weightshifting S2E21: Fear is the mind-killer.
Day 21: Sept 30, 2023 Comanche National Grassland, CO → Del Norte, CO Miles: 229 — I open the tent flap and pop my head out. The view is indeed as impressive...
Weightshifting S2E20: We’re not in Kansas anymore.
Day 20: Sept 29, 2023 Lee’s Summit, MO → Comanche National Grassland, CO Miles: 557 — Alyssa and Craig take us to Post Coffee for a farewell coffee and tea....
Weightshifting S2E19: Internet trail magic.
Day 19: Sept 28, 2023 St. Louis, MO → Lee’s Summit, MO Miles: 237 — We pull into a driveway in a quiet and pristine neighborhood. Jen and I approach the...
Weightshifting S2E18: Because the night belongs to us.
[Editor's note: This is a resend of the proper text that Jen edited. If you were curious about how much amazing work she does to whip my words into shape,...
Weightshifting S2E17: For our fathers.
Day 17: Sept 26, 2023 Belleville, IL — Jen’s father, Michael Schuetz, passed away on Father’s Day, June 20, 2010. My father, Abdul Hamid Hussain, passed away...
Weightshifting S2E16: Eero Saarinen designed it.
Day 16: Sept 25, 2023 St. Louis, MO — We visit this marvel almost every time we’re in the area. It’s always stunning.
Weightshifting S2E15: The zoo within the zoo.
Day 15: Sept 24, 2023 St. Louis, MO — Blueprint Coffee is the OG third-wave coffee purveyor in St. Louis. We usually visit the Delmar venue, but with a new-...
Weightshifting S2E14: “I’m damn near eighty!”
Day 14: Sept 23, 2023 Belleville, IL — It’s been a number of years since we’ve attended a wedding. In addition to seeing the immediate family, we’re invited...
Weightshifting S2E13: A day with Kim and Kyle.
Day 13: Sept 22, 2023 St. Louis, MO — My sister-in-law and new brother-in-law arrive at our Airbnb to spend a full day with us. Leading hectic lives, they...
Weightshifting S2E12: Brewed and baked.
Day 12: Sept 21, 2023 St. Louis, MO — I am predictable when visiting a reasonably sized city. I look for coffee, a juice / smoothie shop, a natural foods...