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Would a mustache by any other name taste as sweet?

Would a mustache by any other name taste as sweet?

I stopped shaving at the end of October, about 4 weeks into our trip. For a while, it was Movember, so I rationalized it with that. Then it was December, and we were camping in increasingly remote spots as the temperature continued to drop. Shaving 

The Best of Death Valley: Artist’s Drive

The Best of Death Valley: Artist’s Drive

Most people zip through the few-mile-long Artist’s Drive on their way to the “destination” spots in Death Valley, like Badwater or Furnace Creek. We spent the equivalent of one full day on the drive and suggest anyone looking to get away from the crowds and 

Photos of Rhyolite, Nevada, Death Valley’s Best Ghost Town

Photos of Rhyolite, Nevada, Death Valley’s Best Ghost Town

Rhyolite was a boom town thanks to a successful gold mine. A series of uncontrollable financial disasters led the town to ruin though the mine wasn’t depleted until the late ’90s. Many of the original buildings were moved to new towns. Others were stripped of their precious 

Searching for Happy Hour Deals in Las Vegas

Searching for Happy Hour Deals in Las Vegas

Finding a decent happy hour deal in Las Vegas is getting to be as difficult as winning big at the casinos. You can pay pretty much as much as you want for a drink, or you can pay basically nothing. Here’s what we found: Drink 

Charlie Palmer Tries To Mr. Hankey On Our Christmas At Aureole

Charlie Palmer Tries To Mr. Hankey On Our Christmas At Aureole

Las Vegas is different now. I interned at UNLV one summer nearly a decade ago and got to know the city pretty well. I shopped at the grocery store where there were shootings. I bought tacos alongside prostitutes on their lunch breaks. I got to 

Top Posts of 2011 on DrivingInertia.com

Top Posts of 2011 on DrivingInertia.com

We’re jumping on the year-end nostalgia conga line even though we’ve only been travelling full time for the last three months. We have, however, been blogging for all of 2011. Here’s what was popular. Top 3 Topics of 2011 The Biosphere 2 gallery post. Damn, 

Cure Your Holiday Debt Hangover In 4 Steps

Cure Your Holiday Debt Hangover In 4 Steps

Did you just rack up a lot of holiday debt? Get back on the right track with these four easy steps: Get the right bank accounts. Be smart at lunch. Cut monthly cell-phone and cable TV expenses. Brew your own coffee. Follow these and you 

Post-Present Blues: Save for Travel in 2012 by Reducing Monthly Expenses

Post-Present Blues: Save for Travel in 2012 by Reducing Monthly Expenses

This week, we created a series of posts to help you save money in 2012 to make your travel dreams a reality. Today’s is about cutting unnecessary monthly expenses.  Monthly expenses kill savings. They chip away while you’re not looking, weakening your financial strength. You 

The Definitive Guide to Slot Machine Winning

The Definitive Guide to Slot Machine Winning

If you can recreate this … or make sense of it … you’ll be rich. Our Vegas gambling budget is very, very low. We’re only spending $1 a day. Only $1. The theory being that if we’re going to luck-out, then it’ll just happen – 

Post-Present Blues: Save for Travel in 2012 by Brewing Your Own Coffee

Post-Present Blues: Save for Travel in 2012 by Brewing Your Own Coffee

This week, we created a series of posts to help you save money in 2012 to make your travel dreams a reality. Today’s is about cutting coffee costs.  When I was working in Chicago, a lot of days I would treat myself to a $2 

How to Walk in Las Vegas

How to Walk in Las Vegas

Visiting Vegas? Print out this handy list of walking rules and study it on the plane ride. There are going to be lots of people competing with you for Vegas sidewalk real estate, and you want to be sure to keep up. With a little 

Katherine Landing: A Hawaiian Port Town In The Middle Of The Desert

Katherine Landing: A Hawaiian Port Town In The Middle Of The Desert

After the burro-filled main street of Oatman, AZ and a 10-mile stint on a dirt road through the mountains, the last thing we expected to find was a harbor town, but that’s exactly what was waiting for us at Katherine Landing, located near the south