4 days and counting...

Ah crap. I've become one of THOSE people. One of those people who think their thoughts are impressive enough to post for the world to read. I'm doing this under the pretense of inviting people to follow me along my journey from Kentucky to Alaska to New York to Africa over the next six months. So this blog is more a venue to tell you about the lastest stupid potential-neck-breaking adventure I've survived. So if its deep philosophy or passionate politics you want to read, head somewhere else. But if you're sitting at your desk in your monochromatic little cubicle and need a glimmer of hope that someday you'll get outside and do some exploring, TA DA. Here you go:

So in 4 days I will be leaving Wilmore, KY (my home for the past 5 years) where I'm graduating from Asbury Theological Seminary with a Masters degree in Youth Ministry to drive 3956 miles to Anchorage, Alaska to work on a tourist train for the summer. I just bought a 97 Toyota Tacoma with big knobby tires and 4 wheel drive to get me there. My job as a train sales rep will be to sell extra tour packages to tourists on the train from Anchorage to Denali National Park to Fairbanks and back again. The best part of this whole adventure is that my brother Scott will be joining me in a month or so. Two Baird brothers and the wilderness of Alaska - God help us all.