I am a travel addict. Every few years I'm overcome with some kind of wanderlust that drives me away from home for two months. I do a lot of short hops (car) during long weekends.

I live in a tent (mostly) when I am traveling stateside/CA and stay at dives in Europe. I find that as I get older, my patience for dives is wearing thin, almost to the point that I'm willing to cough up the extra money to stay somewhere a step above... but not quite