My Story

Welcome to my site,

For anyone stumbling across this website, allow me to tell you a little about who I am and how I started travelling.

I grew up in Huntington Beach, California and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2016 with a degree in Geography/ Environmental Studies and a minor in Geospatial Information Systems (GIS).

Basically, I’m really good with maps.

2 Days after graduating college I packed up my backpack, squeezed out the front door of my parents house and hit the road for what would become a 4 month adventure hitchhiking across the coast and mountains of the Western United States and Canada.

2016 Map

Learn more about the 2016 trip here.

One of the last night of the 2016 trip in Yosemite

Hitting the road again 2017

After being home for 4 months during the winter I set off for another grand adventure, this time hitchhiking to the far east of North America and back. This trip spanned 7 amazing months crossing the whole of North America.

My 2017 Trip – Hitchhiking Across North America

Learn more about the 2017 trip here.

Back to the West in Glacier National Park

Next Stop…. Europe

After exploring my home continent I now feel confident in exploring the next one on my list… Europe. Beginning in July of 2018 I will begin another epic journey across another continent but this time by bike.

With my bike at home in Huntington Beach

 

Bike Touring Route Map

The following link combines an interactive map with pictures following my journey thru Europe. Check it out below.

https://www.polarsteps.com/nextmilekyle/1292230-nextmilekyle-in-europe