Timeline
Where I've been & what I've been up to the past few years.
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Photo: Vintage world clock I found in Penang, Malaysia, 2025.
2023
Seeking a break from work and my daily life, I left the US for three months and visited 10 countries in Europe. I had no plans or itinerary, just one backpack.
I didn't know it at the time, but this mini sabbatical in fall 2023 ended up being a primer for a longer sabbatical beginning summer 2024.
Click for full list of places, in order of where I started and ended:
All 10 countries and 26 cities/towns
- Portugal - Porto, Coimbra, Peniche, Lisbon, Lagos
- Spain - Seville, Granada, Toledo, Madrid, Barcelona
- Hungary - Budapest
- Austria - Vienna, Wachau Valley towns
- Slovakia - Bratislava
- Czechia - Brno, Prague
- Germany - Dresden, Minden, Berlin
- Netherlands - Amsterdam, Utrecht
- Scotland - Edinburgh, Glasgow
- England - Manchester, Bristol, London
2024
I started writing online in January and started my YouTube channel in March. These creative projects are where my skills and interests align. I call it Logan Lets Go.
After working on television shoots since 2017, I was finally ready for great change. Careful consideration led me to slowly explore new work.
This became my year-long sabbatical. I used savings to support myself while I traveled and worked on these creative projects.
A full-year of travel began in May after I moved out of my apartment in Tennessee, starting with a four-month US road trip living in my little pickup truck camper.
I spent the month of September in Italy & Scotland. I thought I'd stay in Europe longer, but that didn't happen.
I bounced between Colorado and Tennessee in the fall. I slowed down, built a new site, hiked through colorful forests and witnessed my favorite team turn sports into art.
Guatemala was next, my first visit to Central America. My girlfriend and I arrived just in time for a local flower festival in Antigua, by accident. We visited small towns on Lake Atitlán, surrounded by volcanoes. We ate lots of fresh papaya and toured a coffee plantation.
2025
A two-month Tour de Asia to Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Taiwan in February and March. Oh, the wonderful weirdness of Asia, I miss you dearly.
All places in Asia, 22 cities/towns/islands
- Japan - Tokyo, Shimo-Kitazawa
- Vietnam - Hanoi, Hoa Lu, Trang An, Tam Coc, Cat Ba, Lan Ha Bay, Hoi An
- Thailand - Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Ko Lanta, Ko Lipe
- Malaysia - Langkawi, Penang, George Town
- Taiwan - Taipei, Jiufen, Ruifang, Taichung, Tainan, Kaohsiung
I spent six months outside the US within the past year and a half, visiting 20 countries (2023-2025). I can hardly believe it when I type those words!
The combo of my creative projects & sabbatical laid the groundwork for me to discover new work -- to offer my storytelling services for small businesses. I'd built a portfolio without even realizing it.
After this nomadic experiment, I moved from Knoxville, Tennessee to Denver, Colorado in June.
My most recent trip? A week in Mexico City in November.