James Richard Lane blog

Fall 2020 Take chances, seek new ways to improve, make the most out of all opportunities, and be the best person you can be always and the rest will come.  24 hour road trip: Visiting Four Corners this summer was an incredible journey. However, my appetite constantly needs to be replenished for adventure. I often find myself seeking out to fellow adrenaline junkies to conquer this endless hunger. Sometimes these people are strangers or people I met once through a mutual friend that I barely had a sustainable interaction with that's worth noting. That was the case for this 24 hour road trip. Amos, a guy I hardly got to know through a 60 second interaction that our friend James unintentionally curated. This shaped a future friendship that delivered a special bond over camping, hiking, music, and road tripping.  Occasionally scrolling through miles of content on Instagram, sometimes I see something special that catches my eye. An orange Subaru with a pop-up tent connected to the ...

My trip was crazy! I took a bus from Baltimore to Denver in which was payed for by a company called Work For Progress in which this company was in support to help out with elections and support president Obama. We stopped in so many states it was nearly a 42 hour bus ride across the country. I stopped in Pittsburgh, Columbus, Indianapolis, Illinois, Kansas, St. Louis, and made it to Denver finally. During my bus ride I met a bunch of crazy people a guy who was in the marines who had drug problems, some flirty weird goofy looking girl, and a 72 year old man named Berry who told me I would make a good pastor. It was odd but cool. Anyway I made it to Denver finally as I waited outside for my hostel to open to put my stuff away but it didn't open till 5pm! and it was mid day and I didn't want to wait so I sat out there finally someone opened the doors leaving as I sneaked in I sat my things in the tv room? I took a shower in a public bathroom thing. I left and explored th...