Finally back on the road. #wayward #waywardnation #austin #crossyourfingers (at Boulder, Colorado)
There’s Something Called “Shouldness”
(Another great work of art by our friend Chad Niehaus)
Our show is still on hold because Janice is still being worked on, and in the meantime we’re editing the first three episodes. We’re falling further behind schedule and shifting our plans, but it’s hard to keep our head in the game because our thoughts are with the people of Moore, Oklahoma.
So we’ve decided: Despite our schedule, despite our plans, we’re going to Oklahoma to see how we can help. If Janice weren’t in the shop we’d be driving there today, but as soon as Janice is road worthy we’ll pick up Pinder in Austin, Texas (who is doing who knows what while he waits for us) and then we’re off to Oklahoma to pitch in.
Because we should.
- Ethan
Between Boulder and a Hard Place
Boulder, Colorado
Welp. This sucks. After a week of non-stop hustle with little to no sleep, we helped Ricky Padilla and Brown Water Coffee officially open for business with a bang. Shortly thereafter there were a few more bangs of a different kind: the unmistakable bloodcurdling bangs of Janice’s engine.
It being the weekend, there are no mechanics available to check it out until Monday morning. So we’re stuck in Boulder, Colorado for the unknowable future. Not only are we now running behind schedule, but Pinder left Friday for a commercial shoot he’d booked before we left LA and thinks he’s meeting us in Austin on today… only, we won’t be there.
-Mikey
The Service of Others
Denver, Colorado
We hustle to reach our goals and make our dreams reality. Wayward Nation took two years of sweat and the support of our friends and family just to leave LA. But this week we’re hustling for Brown Water Coffee and our new friend, Ricky Padilla.
The Brown Water team is passionate and caring, and at the end of this week they launch their brand. Ricky believes that giving is self fulfilling and so for every bag sold they donate a portion of the proceeds to clean water efforts worldwide.
After long days running around the city spreading the Brown Water message, and even longer nights drinking cup after cup after cup of delicious Brown Water coffee, we absolutely agree with him. Working for yourself is an epic adventure, but working to give back is an exhaustion that feels like purpose.
Drink Brown Water, so others don’t have to.
-Ethan
EQUALITY FOR ALL
Change is a comin!!!
Congratulations to everyone in Minnesota for officially becoming the 12th state to pass marriage equality. We couldn’t be more proud. It’s been a long time, but one by one the good people of this nation are finally recognizing the importance of equality for all. Proud of Minnesota and proud to be American.
Art by Chad Niehaus - http://subvertwithus.com/
Moab Kicked My Ass
Moab, Utah
Never before have I left a place so beaten, burned, and bruised; and certainly, never have I been so proud to have been in such a fight. These wounds are battle scars: blisters and burns from rafting the Colorado, scrapes and strawberries from wrestling on its shores, bruises from biking, cuts from climbing, and slices from the slacklines over Moab’s breathtaking canyons.
We came to Moab, Utah in search of dirt cheap fun, and we found that in a place with such an amazing landscape and people, there’s no limit to the life you can make for yourself… As long as you’re willing to play a little rough.
-Mikey
Moab, Utah
Happy Mother’s Day
Thank you to our new friend and fantastic mother Emily Niehaus for not only showing us the future of affordable housing, but guiding us through Moab, Utah.
The American Dream is about providing greater opportunities for the future: for our children, and our children’s children. Thank you to all mothers for doing just that.
And a special acknowledgement to Dyane Amos, Anne Rusch, Sandra McManus, Dana Laub, and Donna Moran. We would not be the men we are today without your love, support, and encouragement. We love you!
Light shows and shooting stars in the desert. #lightshow #lightpainting #moab #shootingstars #wayward #waywardnation (at Moab, UT)
True Love or Infatuation
Holy shit, welcome to Moab! This week we’re in Moab, Utah with Emily Niehaus and Community Rebuilds learning how to have cheap, dirty fun, and I’m falling hard for this place.
Emily told us there’s something in the water that keeps people coming back, but I’ve yet to literally drink it and I already don’t want to leave. That means for the rest of this week I’m alert and open and soaking in all the beauty: hanging around the red rock cliffs: splashing in the Colorado River: and loving the hospitality of Emily and her family, her husband Chad and her adventurous four year-old son, Oscar. But I’ll find this magic spring she spoke of and drink the largest gulp I can. I shall return, Moab, for I must.
-Ethan
