Tyler ThompsonWhere to meet earth-conscious people in AtlantaA guide for the city’s newest transplants and those seeking community outside of quarantine.Oct 4, 2021Oct 4, 2021
Tyler ThompsonRed adventures — an eight-day bicycle journey through Croatia (Part 2)This is the story of how two Peace Corps Volunteers chose to spend their vacation time between the first and second years of their service…Jul 15, 2021Jul 15, 2021
Tyler ThompsonRed adventures — an eight-day bicycle journey through Croatia (Part 1)This is the story of how two Peace Corps Volunteers chose to spend their vacation time between the first and second years of their service…Jul 15, 2021Jul 15, 2021
Tyler ThompsonAction over preparation — lessons from the first of 1.6 million turns of the pedalMy first pedal was the perfect cocktail of optimism and aromatic bitters. Even in June, the temperature at the top of the world hovered…Jul 15, 2021Jul 15, 2021
Tyler ThompsonA reminder that people are good — the paradigm-shifting kindness of strangersHeat and a light afternoon drizzle made for a humid, overcast ride. The road was newly paved and had generous shoulders. Cycling along…Jul 15, 2021Jul 15, 2021
Tyler ThompsonCreativity in desperation — stranded in rural AlaskaDwayne and Tree lived in the small, First Nation town of Northway. The namesake of the town was an Athabaskan Indian Chief whose adopted…Jul 15, 2021Jul 15, 2021
Tyler ThompsonThe oasis of Coldfoot — where to stop on Alaska’s last road north“What is Coldfoot?” I asked. “Most people just call it a truck stop, but…” she paused and made a sweeping gesture with her hand…Jul 15, 2021Jul 15, 2021
Tyler ThompsonHow ankle surgery inspired me to run ‘barefoot’I was well-positioned. The defender at my back. Nothing between me and the end-zone. I jumped up to make the catch. That much went well…Jul 15, 2021Jul 15, 2021
Tyler ThompsonA bloodstained journey to the peak of Mt. TomorrA roaring river may not have flowed with such ferocity as did the blood spilled from many thousands of sheep upon the mighty peak of Mt…Jul 15, 2021Jul 15, 2021
Tyler ThompsonPitch black and extremely hot — my experience inside a Muscogee Creek sweat lodgeIt was pitch black inside the one-hundred square-foot circular hut where I sat on a mud floor, sandwiched between eighteen other people —…Jul 15, 20211Jul 15, 20211
